A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla said that it appeared as if the micro-blogging platform resorted to harsh steps only if it (Twitter) felt sensitive about a post or information and would not take any action if people of other regions and ethnicities felt offended by some content.
“It is ultimately boiling down to this; if you feel sensitive you will block and you do not feel sensitive about the other ethnicities or people of other regions. If the same kind of thing was done against other religions you would have been more serious,” ACJ Sanghi said.
The Court, therefore, directed Twitter to file responses explaining its policy regarding permanently block an account on its platform.
The Court also directed the Central government to file a counter affidavit and place on record the Standard Operating Procedure with Twitter relating to blocking access to an account or information.
Story to be updated.
Source: Barandbench
