Karnataka HC adjourns Twitter takedown case reluctantly
Bengaluru, Jan 18: Following a request by the central government, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday once again adjourned the hearing of the petition by Twitter against the government's takedown orders.
Additional Solicitor General R Sankaranarayanan informed the court that the Solicitor General was arguing another case before a Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court and he had just returned after a bout of illness. He sought the adjournment of the hearing to February 7.
The HC asked the advocate for Twitter whether he would consent to the adjournment. The court said that it would adjourn the case only if the petitioner assented.
The advocate for Twitter consented to the adjournment, following which the Court recorded that it was reluctantly adjourning the hearing to February 7.
During the last hearing on January 9, the Centre had sought adjournment and the Court had expressed its displeasure at the frequent instances of the government seeking adjournments.
Justice Krishna S Dixit is hearing the petition.
The petition filed by Twitter is against take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's (MeitY).
Twitter approached the High Court with its petition filed in June, 2022. It has claimed that the government was required to issue notice to the owners of the twitter handles against whom blocking orders are issued. It claimed it was even barred from informing the account holders about the takedown.
Senior advocates Arvind Datar and Ashok Haranahalli have argued on behalf of Twitter. The arguments for the central government are yet to be advanced before the HC.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
