Sanjay Hegde v. Twitter: Delhi HC Allows Twitter To File Written Note On Maintainability
Delhi High Court has allowed Twitter to file a short reply on the issue of maintainability of the plea moved by Sanjay Hegde seeking guidelines on social media censorship. In today's hearing, Senior Counsel Sajan Poovayya, who was appearing for Twitter, had sought court's permission to file a written reply on the issue of jurisdiction. Appearing for Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocates Jaideep Gupta ad Kapil Sibal, assisted by Advocate Pranjal Kishore, sought an order from the court, injuncting Twitter from deleting the data pertaining to the present matter, from its server. Highlighting the importance of social media in exercise of fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, the petition stated : 'Social media includes web-based sites for social networking and microblogging, through which users can create communities to share information, ideas, personal messages etc.




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