New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): A Delhi High court judge on Wednesday recused from hearing an appeal moved by social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and Google challenging a single judge order which had asked to remove video content "on a global basis" allegedly containing defamatory content against Baba Ramdev on their platforms.

The matter was listed before a bench headed by Justice Vipin Sanghi. He rescued himself from the hearing.

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The bench listed the matter before another bench on 21 March 2022.

In November 2019, a single judge had directed Facebook to globally remove, block or disable the links of the defamatory content against Yoga guru Baba Ramdev.

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Social media platform Facebook had challenged this order before the division bench. Later on, other petitioners had also moved High court. (ANI)

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