Overview
- The Delhi High Court, which ruled Monday, ordered X to reinstate @DrNimoYadav and @Nehr_who while keeping the specific tweets named in the government’s order temporarily withheld.
- The operators, Prateek Sharma and Kumar Nayan, must appear before the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s review committee, which the court said must follow principles of natural justice.
- The court recorded that the ministry may monitor the reinstated accounts and take action in line with law if further objectionable content appears.
- The government told the court the March directive targeted posts it called defamatory and AI‑manipulated that portrayed the prime minister in bad taste and risked public order and internal security.
- X argued to the ministry that account‑level blocking was disproportionate and not compliant with Section 69A, while the petitioners said they got no prior notice and lost income; the March 18–19 orders covered 12 accounts under Section 69A, which permits blocking on security or public‑order grounds subject to procedural safeguards.