Google LLC has contended that Information Technology rules for digital media are not applicable to its search engine and urged the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to set aside a single judge order which applied the rules on the company while dealing with an issue related to removal of offending content from the internet.

A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Centre, Delhi government, Internet Service Providers’ Association of India, Facebook and others on the plea by the global firm, seeking their stand.

The single judge's decision had come while dealing with a matter in which a woman's photographs were uploaded on a pornographic website by some miscreants and despite court orders the content could not be removed in entirety from the World Wide Web and "errant parties merrily continued" to re-post and redirect the same to other sites. Google has contended that the single judge, in his April 20 judgment, "mischaracterized" its search engine as a 'social media intermediary' or 'significant social media intermediary' as provided under the new rules.

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