A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against developers of the location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go, alleging it hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing eggs in places of worship
A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against developers of the location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go, alleging it hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing eggs in places of worship.
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The petition has been filed by Alay Anil Dave and San Francisco-based developer of the game, Niantic, Inc., and Central and state governments have been made the respondents.
As per the plea, the image of eggs are shown in the augmented reality game appear in places of worship of different religious groups amongst other things.
The petitioner has said eggs are considered as non- vegetarian food, and it is blasphemous to carry non-vegetarian food inside a place of worship of Hindus and Jains.
Twitterati had a field day laughing at the 'ridiculous' plea. Here's how they reacted!
Gujarat High Court sends notice to "Pokemon Go company" for hurting religious sentiments...
— Sanyukta (@sanyukta_) September 7, 2016
....
India mein kuch bhi ho sakta hai
Where do these judges come from? When we have millions of cases pending in courts for centuries Gujarat HC judge chose to chase Pokemon GoðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098
— Sahil Prasad (@laxmi407) September 7, 2016
PIL filed in Gujarat HC against Pokemon Go. Communal riots are not a priority in that state, obviously.
— lindsay pereira (@lindsaypereira) September 7, 2016
Vegetarian games are "next" - or no onion no garlic ??;-)
— Sanjeev Shriya (@SanjeevShriya) September 7, 2016
PIL Filed Against Pokemon Go in Gujarat For Showing Eggs in Places of Worship
Seriously? Do we not have something better to do? #SentimentBhurji #FriedSentiments https://t.co/mTgoLvGaDo
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) September 7, 2016
Another mega #PokemonGo egg hatching Eight 5 KM eggs. #pokemongoindia #Gujarat #Ahmedabad #Pokemon pic.twitter.com/UTK7UuzE68
— Kishan Dabhi (@dabhikishan) August 31, 2016
Some dude has a Public Interest Litigation to ban Pokemon Go in Gujarat high court. I am impressed with myself for living in this country
— Arunmozhi (@tecoholic) August 16, 2016
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