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Karnataka High Court:<\/b> In a major setback for social media platform, Twitter, the Bench of Krishna S. Dixit, J., on 30-06-2023, rejected its petition challenging the blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) during February 2021 and February 2022 under Section 69-A<\/a> of Information and Technology Act, 2000<\/a>. The Court also imposed a hefty cost of INR 50 Lakhs on Twitter citing its conduct.<\/p>\n

Twitter had knocked the doors of the High Court in June 2022 challenging the blocking orders. Union of India had contended that Twitter being a foreign entity cannot claim enforcement of fundamental rights. On the contrary, Twitter claimed that rights under Article 14<\/a> of the Constitution<\/a> were available to foreign entities as well.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/b> The Indian Express<\/p>\n

[Twitter Inc v. Union of India, Writ Petition No. 13710 of 2022, decided on 30-06-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

Petitioner- Manu Prabhakar Kulkarni;<\/p>\n

Respondent- Kumar M.N.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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