The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Twitter to file its affidavits regarding appointing interim officials that they will take responsibility and accountability for enforced amended Information Technology Rules.
A Bench of Justice Rekha Palli asked Twitter if its ‘interim’ chief compliance officer will take all responsibility under new IT Rules.
It also noted that no affidavit has been filed, but a short note signed by the counsel for Twitter India has been filed.
In the reply, Twitter’s counsel said the officer will be bound to implement IT Rules and agree to file an affidavit.
While pulling up the micro-blogging site, the Bench also said that the Centre is free to take any action against Twitter if it finds the social media platform breaching the IT Rules.
Questioning the use of the prefix “interim” in the appointment of Resident Grievance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Nodal officer as per law, the High Court asked for a written undertaking from the Indian resident “interim” officers that they will bear full responsibility for the company’s compliance with Indian law.
The matter has been adjourned for July 28.
Pulling up Twitter for its continual non-compliance with Indian IT Rules, the Delhi High Court has asked the social media giant to file a notarised and scanned affidavit within 2 weeks.
(ANI)
