"Removed Tweet, Locked Rahul Gandhi's Account": Twitter To Court After Violation

Twitter India's response came when Delhi High Court was hearing a PIL seeking its directions for necessary legal action against Rahul Gandhi for his tweet that allegedly disclosed the identity of a rape victim's family.

During the hearing of a plea filed in Delhi High Court against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet allegedly disclosing and sharing the identity of a rape victim's family in Delhi Cantonment area, Twitter India informed the court on Wednesday that they had removed Mr Gandhi's tweet and also locked his account. "Rahul Gandhi's tweet violated our policy also, we have already removed that tweet and his Twitter account is also been locked," Twitter informed Delhi High Court. The Twitter counsel further said, "Petitioner has wrongly impleaded @TwitterIndia. We have removed it (Rahul Gandhi's Tweet). It is against our policy. That account is locked." After taking note of Twitter's submission, Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh adjourned the matter for September 27.