The song ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ written and sung by Shania Twain, has the following line “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt….That don’t impress me much“.
Facebook’s argument before the Supreme Court on Parliamentary Standing Committee Ajit Mohan and others vs Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi and others.Writ Petition (C) 1088 of 2020 decided on 8 July 2021 that the ‘petitioner is an American Corporation summoned by the Committee’ was met with disapproval. The court said;
33.Finally, on the issue of privileges, Mr. Salve referred to the prevalent position in some other countries regarding the exercise of privilege powers. It was contended that such privilege powers could not be used to compel speech, more so when the organisation in question is an American corporation. We may notice at this stage itself that we really do not appreciate the second limb of this submission. When these corporations are working within the territory of our country and are subject to the jurisdiction of this Court, then what kind of special privilege would they have by reason of being an American corporation or a corporation incorporated in any other country!
A dangerous argument snuffed in the butt!
Daksha Legal 