DigiPub moves Karnataka HC against govt takedown orders

Digipub's submissions before the Karnataka High Court in X Corp. v. Union of India

Donate NowTl;drX Corp. has challenged the Union Government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act through the "Sahyog" portal to issue takedown notices before the Karnataka High Court. Yesterday, the Court heard arguments by Senior Advocates KG Raghavan and Dr. Aditya Sondhi, for X Corp. and Digipub respectively. They argued that the use of Section 79(3)(b) as a substitute for the blocking power under Section 69A to establish the Sahyog portal …

DigiPub moves Karnataka HC against govt takedown orders

Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi, representing DigiPub, voiced his concerns before Justice N Nagprasanna, stating, “A judicial determination of an unlawful act by a duly constituted court of law, on the one hand, and a cyclostyled form with the hands of the officer to fill in a couple of blanks here and there and direct taking down, directly infringes Article 19(1)(a).” According to LiveLaw, he further remarked, “Extreme examples do not make the la…

Govt bypassing safeguards under law to order content takedown: X tells HC - Business Fast

Microblogging platform X Corp said on Friday that the Indian government is using a “smart and ingenious workaround” to avoid the legal safeguards laid down by the Supreme Court in a 2015 order with respect to take down of content or blocking of social media handles. Why would the Indian government follow the lengthy and complicated procedure of safeguards provided under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act when an easy path via Rule 3(1…