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Twitter faced disappointment in the Karnataka High Court today when its plea challenging the Central governments orders to block certain accounts was dismissed. This and more in todays ETtech Top 5.

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Twitter Inc., challenging several blocking and take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, saying the companys plea was devoid of merits

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed Twitters plea against Centres blocking orders while holding that government is not required to issue notice to individual account holders whose account...

Justice Dixit remarked that even if the Court had powers to lay down guidelines, it would not exercise such power at the instance of a “foreign entity engaged in speculative litigation.”

The ten blocking orders in question issued between February 2021 and February 2022, directed Twitter to block certain information from access to the public, and to suspend several accounts.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on the petition filed by Twitter Inc, challenging the blocking orders issued to it by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...

Twitter submitted that invocation of Article 226 was not limited to violation of constitutional rights and it had no other efficacious remedy apart from approaching the High Court.

The ASG emphasised that only when there was a threat to the sovereignty of India or public order, would the Central government intervene.

Address the bills full legal complexities today. some of the nations finest legal minds have been and continue to be involved in its development. i must say this, rule 39 and the process that enabled the stag bird call to block at the last minute, flights to rwanda after our courts had reviews injunctions was deeply flawed. our ability to control our borders cannot be held back by opaque process conducted late at night with no chance to make our case or even appeal decisions. thats why, we have ...

The government also argued that Twitter could only approach the court claiming violation of rights under Article 14 if the government had acted arbitrarily.