: Ghaziabad assault case: No coercive action should be taken against Twitter India head, says HC #IndiaNEWS The Karnataka High Court on Thursday said the Uttar Pradesh Police cannot take any coercive

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Ghaziabad assault case: No coercive action should be taken against Twitter India head, says HC #IndiaNEWS
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday said the Uttar Pradesh Police cannot take any coercive action against Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari in a case related to tweets about the assault of an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad district, Live Law reported.The matter was heard by Justice G Narendar. A writ petition, filed by Maheshwari on Tuesday challenged the legal notice issued by the Ghaziabad Police to Maheshwari under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Twitter India’s Head of Policy Communications Pallavi Walia said. Notices under this section mandate appearance before a police officer.During the hearing, advocate CV Nagesh said Maheshwari was just an employee of the organisation and had nothing to do with the case, Live Law reported. “I have nothing to do with the offence,� Nagesh said. “Twitter is not controlled or administered by me. Company’s name is Twitter Communications India Private Limited.�The police had asked him to appear at the police station for questioning by 10.30 am on Thursday or face action.The notice also summoned Twitter India’s Resident Grievance Officer Dharmendra Chatur to the police station. It said Maheshwari and Chatur were responsible for the activities on the social media platform.“You could not remove certain tweets even after you were asked to by authorities,� the notice said “You understand Indian laws and...Read more

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