<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 years are allowed to open an account on social networking sites including Facebook, even though Indian laws do not permit it.</p><p>The court also asked two US-based entities- Facebook Inc and Google Inc to reply to the plea of former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya seeking an order for recovery of taxes from the websites on their income from operations in India.</p><p>A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru asked Sumit Pushkarna, the counsel for the Centre, to make the government's stand clear on the issue through an affidavit within 10 days and posted the matter for May 13.</p><p>"How children below 18 years can have an agreement with any of the social network sites including Facebook? The Union of India is directed to file an affidavit on the issue within 10 days," the bench said.</p><p><a href="http://www.firstpost.com/tech/explain-how-minors-have-facebook-gmail-accounts-delhi-hc-to-govt-728783.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://nvonews.com/2013/04/26/facebook-gmail-accounts-for-minors-sangh-leader-wants-high-court-to-ban-it/">Facebook, Gmail accounts for minors: Sangh leader wants High Court to ban it</a> (Northern Voices Online)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dF5CKwoi3p9yyuMFlSnBHrU9Fk_XM&ned=us">16 additional articles.</a></p>