HC denies interim relief to X in case against govt

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to Elon Musk's X Corp after the Centre informed the court that there was no reason for the social media platform to be apprehensive of any coercive action against it.

- BHAVINI MISHRA

Justice M Nagaprasanna said that liberty had already been given to X last month to approach the court if they faced any coercive action.

The matter has now been posted for hearing on April 24.

On Thursday, X told the court that though it intended to fully comply with Indian laws, there were legal flaws in the new content blocking mechanism set up by the Centre through its Sahyog portal. The platform argued that the mechanism lacked the legal safeguards outlined under Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000.

The government had based its blocking orders on Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act, a provision that limits intermediary protections under certain conditions, it contended.