The government's blocking orders, which were upheld by a review committee, impinges on X's right to provide a platform for free speech, counsel for the social media giant argued.
The Court was hearing a suo motu case initiated last month after a 42-year-old woman from a village in Belagavi was publicly stripped and beaten by fellow villagers after her son eloped with a girl from the same village.
The Karnataka High Court expressed strong anguish over the ordeal that a 42-year-old woman had to go through when she was tied to a pole, beaten and stripped after her son eloped with another girl from the same village.
The Court wondered how it could have any say on such matters and allowed the petitioner to withdraw its plea and file a fresh petition after conducting more research.
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday decided to dispose of the suo motu case it had initiated in the wake of an attack on a young lawyer in Chikkamagaluru by the police, allegedly over a traffic violation.