Facebook withholding information in criminal cases, alleges Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu on Thursday approached the Supreme Court (SC) seeking that the Madras High Court (HC) be allowed to hear and pass orders on Facebook’s petition to transfer all its cases to the apex court.

Last month, the social media company had moved the SC seeking to get all cases related to linking of Aadhaar number to social media profiles pending before various high courts to the apex court. A two-judge Bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose had agreed to hear the matter. Though the top court had said it would not stop the Madras HC from hearing the matter, it had directed that no final orders should be passed in the case.