The Delhi High Court on Thursday said the Government is free to take action against Twitter Inc in case of any breach of the new IT Rules even as it directed o Twitter Inc to file an affidavit, notarised in United States, within two weeks on compliance with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
Twitter informed the court that they have appointed interim chief compliance officer (CCO) on July 6 and resident grievance officer (RGO) and interim nodal contact officer will be appointed by July 11 and within two weeks, respectively. Twitter’s advocate Sajan Poovayya told the court that Twitter was “actively recruiting for permanent position”.
“This court has granted time to Respondent No 2 (Twitter Inc) to file affidavit, but no protection is granted,” a Bench of Justice Rekha Palli said while listing the matter for further hearing on July 28.