The Delhi High Court gave a huge shock to Twitter. It is learned that Amit Acharya has recently filed a petition in the High Court through lawyers Akash Vajpayee and Manish Kumar alleging Twitter is in non-compliance with the provisions of the IT Act recently brought by the Central Government.
The High Court, which heard the petition recently, issued notices to the Union govt and Twitter. Responding to this, Twitter told the court that it was abiding by the rules of the new IT Act and had also appointed a resident grievance officer.
But counsel for the petitioner denied this. It said that Twitter has not yet appointed such an officer. After hearing the arguments, Justice Rekha Palli said that all digital platforms, including Twitter, have to abide by the IT rules and there are no exceptions. She warned that if anyone did not follow the rules, legal action would be taken against them. The next hearing was adjourned.
