Supreme Court Restrains Tripura Cops From Acting Against Journalist's Tweet On Violence
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A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna issued notice on the plea and tagged the plea of Samiullah Shabbir Khan with other pending matters.
The Supreme Court Monday restrained Tripura Police from acting on its notice to Twitter Inc with regard to a journalist's tweet about alleged communal violence in the state.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna issued notice on the plea and tagged the plea of Samiullah Shabbir Khan with other pending matters.
The bench said, "Issue notice. Pending further orders, there shall be an ad-interim direction staying the first respondent (Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime)) from acting on the communication dated November 22, 2021 with regard to the petitioner in these proceedings", the bench said.
Advocate Sharukh Alam, appearing for Mr Khan, said the notice issued by the Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime) cell of Tripura Police under section 91 of CrpC to the Twitter Inc has sought browsing history of the petitioner, his telephone number, and IP address, besides preserving of the tweet for investigation of the criminal case lodged against the petitioner.
