New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Karnataka High Court order quashing notice of personal appearance issued to then Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, submitted that there was a question of law that needed examination and for the time being ignored the reason why summon was issued. Mehta added the question is about the territorial jurisdiction of the high court.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said: "We will issue notice...will hear the matter in detail."The notice was issued to Maheshwari in connection with a probe into uploading of a communally sensitive video by a user on Twitter.
In August, Maheshwari was transferred to the US as a senior director in the revenue strategy and operations department of the microblogging site. Senior advocates A.M. Singhvi and Sidharth Luthra appeared for Maheshwari.
On September 8, Mehta had submitted before the top court that the high court had interfered with the summons issued to the then Twitter MD by Uttar Pradesh Police.
The Uttar Pradesh government filed a special leave petition in the top court challenging the July 23 high court order, which quashed the notice as mala fide. Maheshwari had also filed a caveat in the top court seeking hearing before an order is passed in the matter.
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