in a plea by Twitter difficult the ten blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Justice Krishna S Dixit mentioned the High Court was not on the ‘beck and name’ of the federal government when the counsel for the central authorities sought adjournment and requested for the case be listed on January 27 or February 3.
“We are not at the government’s dictation like that… What people will think? We are not at your beck and call. How many times you have taken adjournment? See the order sheet,” Justice Dixit mentioned.
He added that it was an vital matter and therefore would grant per week’s time. The case has been listed for January 18.
Twitter had moved the Karnataka High Court on July 6 final yr, submitting a writ petition to problem 10 blocking orders for 39 URLs issued by the central authorities between February 2021 and February 2022.
The authorized transfer had adopted the expiry of the July 4 deadline requiring the American microblogging platform to adjust to directives issued by the ministry of electronics & data expertise (MeitY).
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Twitter had advised the Karnataka High Court that the central authorities can not challenge common orders calling for the blocking of social media accounts until the content material is in keeping with the grounds laid down underneath Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
“There can’t be a general blocking order unless the nature of the content is in violation of grounds under 69A. Unless these six grounds are there, you cannot make a blocking order,” senior advocates Arvind Datar and Ashok Haranahalli, who appeared for Twitter, had advised Justice Krishna S. Dixit, over the last listening to on October 17, 2022.