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Telangana HC quashes notice to X for user details not in FIR
The Telangana High Court has quashed a police notice issued to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) under Section 94 of the BNSS seeking details of a user. The court noted that…
The Story in Brief
The Telangana High Court has quashed a police notice issued to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) under Section 94 of the BNSS seeking details of a user. The court noted that the user's name did not appear in the FIR under investigation, and therefore there was no prima facie basis for the notice. Section 94 empowers courts and police to order production of documents, but the court found this notice lacked a valid foundation.
The Indian Opinion
The court's decision is a necessary check on investigative overreach, but it does not bar police from seeking user details with proper cause. The real test will be the next such case: will the police learn to follow the law, or will courts have to repeatedly intervene?
Source: livelaw.in
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