New Delhi, July 3 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide within 15 days a pending appeal seeking removal of YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's video titled "Can Hindus Eat Beef? | Kerala Story 2 Exposed" from YouTube.

The direction came while disposing of a petition filed by advocate Amita Sachdeva, who had approached the High Court alleging that the video was defamatory and contained content targeting Hindu deities Lord Ram and Sita.

She had sought directions to the GAC to decide her pending appeal or to direct the removal of the video.

During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Union Government, submitted that the intermediary ought to have t...