Sahyog backdoor to evade legal process, X tells K’taka HC

X Corp on Tuesday accused the Union government of forcing social media platforms to make commercial decisions on content removal rather than following legal due process, as it concluded arguments in its challenge to the controversial Sahyog portal.

- Ayesha Arvind

Senior advocate KG Raghavan told the Karnataka high court that the portal effectively shifts the burden from legal authorities to platforms themselves, creating an improper business dilemma for intermediaries.

“The intermediary, which earns out of this business, is required to take a business decision whether to accede to the request of the litigant, whose right is taken away, under Section 79,” Raghavan told Justice M Nagaprasanna.