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The petitioners have moved the Supreme Court challenging Central government orders to block the BBC Documentary titled, ‘India: The Modi Question’ relating to the 2002 Gujarat Riots
The petitioner chose to withdraw the petition after the Court suggested her to move the Bombay High Court first.
The case was last heard on October 27, 2022, when Twitter argued that the blocking orders issued by the Centre must contain reasons that are communicated to its users.
The microblogging site also argued that the law only allows the blocking of a particular tweet, and not an entire account simply because of political criticism unless there was evidence of a repeated offence.
Twitter India has taken the Union government's content blocking orders to the Karnataka High Court which scheduled the hearing for August 25th