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Mar 6 16 tweets 13 min read
Karnataka High Court is hearing the petition filed by @Twitter challenging the blocking orders passed by Government of India.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter Hearing before Single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit. ASG to continue arguments.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter Previous arguments by ASG here:

#Twitter #Karnataka
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@Twitter ASG reading out of Shreya Singhal case.

#Twitter #Karnataka
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@Twitter ASG: Lordship may come to the factual aspects....Reads an interim order by the review committee...

HC: Is there a power to issue an interim order?
#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG says interim order can be passed.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter HC: Whether the petitioner went before the review committee?

Petitioner: No

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter HC: Review of blocking order can be either on application or suo-motu

ASG: When he (@Twitter ) has not come before the review committee I will make my own assessments

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter HC: Did you make any effort to ascertain user of the accounts?

ASG reads blocking orders of certain accounts: All these documents were sent to @Twitter
#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter HC: You are dealing with advanced people. Is there a format for seeking information about the user from @Twitter ? How your notice is formatted, I just want to see that.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG provides details of the notice issued to @Twitter

Bench is going through it.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG giving details of other account users who are blocked for posting objectionable content.

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG now refers to the statement of objections filed by the Union of India

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG gives a comparative detail of law in the UK and that in India with regards to powers and responsibilities of #intermediaries

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter ASG: I will give more details of the comparative analysis.

HC: Can we have it on any other day?

#Twitter #Karnataka
@Twitter HC adjourns matter to March 16

#Twitter #Karnataka

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