Overview

• The Karnataka High Court is set to hear X’s petition on July 11 and 17 against the Sahyog Portal and Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act.
• X says it blocked two Reuters accounts in India on July 5 under a legal demand, but MeitY denies issuing any such order, leaving the source of the directive unresolved.
• In its July 7 filings, X cited 62 emergency blocking orders issued under Section 69A in April and May to argue that existing procedures already ensure due process.
• X contends that the Sahyog Portal empowers administrative officers to perform judicial functions by issuing takedowns without procedural checks, threatening its safe-harbour protection.
• Two Union ministries refused RTI requests for details on recent blocking orders affecting thousands of X handles, citing national-security exemptions and IT Act confidentiality rules.