A division bench of the Court is slated to decide on a case filed by X Corp (Twitter) questioning the Central government's orders to block certain tweets in 2021-22, which was later confirmed by a review committee.
X Corp argued that they ran the business based on freedom of speech, and hence the Centre’s decision to not provide reasons for blocking the X content would be harmful to them.
The government's blocking orders, which were upheld by a review committee, impinges on X's right to provide a platform for free speech, counsel for the social media giant argued.
The Karnataka High Court posed the query while hearing X Corp's appeal against a single-judge order dismissing its challenge to orders issued by the Indian government to block certain Twitter posts and accounts.
The Karnataka High Court has stayed the single judge order against Twitter until the next hearing an the appeal filed by X Corp, provided that the platform deposits ₹25 lakhs in a week.