Petition in Delhi HC against Twitter for alleged non-compliance of IT rules

Barely two days after WhatsApp had approached the Delhi High Court against the traceability provision in the IT Rules, 2021, a petition was filed before the court on Friday against the alleged non-compliance of the rules by the microblogging site.

The plea, filed by lawyer Amit Acharya through advocates Akash Vajpai and Manish Kumar, states that Acharya, on May 26, came across “defamatory, false and untrue” tweets on Twitter made by two verified users and wanted to raise grievance against them before the Resident Grievance Officer under the IT Rules, 2021. The petition alleges that the “objectionable tweets” were made by TMC MP Mahua Moitra and journalist Swati Chaturvedi.