Twitter India MD says parent body Twitter Inc has no share holding in his company

BENGALURU: Twitter India is an independent entity as its parent company Twitter Inc does not have a single share in it, Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari claimed in the Karnataka high court on Thursday.

The submission was made during the hearing by a single judge bench on a petition by Maheshwari, challenging the notice issued by Uttar Pradesh police, seeking his personal appearance as part of its probe into a communally sensitive video uploaded by a user on the Twitter platform.

The order by Justice G Narendra is expected to be pronounced on Friday.

As Justice Narendar sought to know whether the US- headquartered Twitter Inc could be called as a parent company, Maheshwari’s counsel C V Nagesh said, “Twitter Inc is a parent company.