Overview

• Justice M. Nagaprasanna rejected X Corp’s petition in Bengaluru, upholding the government’s use of the Sahyog portal and its takedown regime under the IT Act.
• The court said social media requires regulation to protect dignity, highlighting offences against women as a key concern.
• The ruling accepted the government’s view that notices under Section 79(3)(b) read with Rule 3(1)(d) are administrative removal requests tied to conditional safe-harbour.
• The judge noted that American judicial thought cannot be transplanted into Indian constitutional law and that X complies with comparable regimes in the United States.
• A certified copy of the judgment will follow, concluding this phase of the dispute in the Karnataka High Court.