{"id":9298,"date":"2025-09-28T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=9298"},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:56:22","slug":"karnataka-high-court-rejects-x-plea-india-content-removal-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/karnataka-high-court-rejects-x-plea-india-content-removal-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Court Rejects X\u2019s Plea to Quash Content-Removal Rules: X v. Union of India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Indian Court Rejects X\u2019s Plea to Quash Content-Removal Rules \u2014 What the Karnataka High Court Ruled and Why It Matters<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

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On 24 September 2025, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a writ petition by X Corp (formerly Twitter) seeking to quash India\u2019s revised content-removal regime \u2014 including the government\u2019s Sahyog \n\tportal for submitting takedown requests. The court held that digital \n\tplatforms operating in India must comply with domestic law, and that foreign \n\tplatforms cannot import U.S. free-speech standards to avoid Indian \n\tregulation. This decision reinforces the Centre\u2019s authority to direct \n\tintermediaries to remove or block content and is likely to shape future \n\tlitigation and platform behaviour in India.<\/p>

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