Bengaluru, July 18 -- The Centre on Thursday told the Karnataka high court that social media platform, X Corp's, refusal to join the Sahyog portal for takedown communications, may attract legal consequences, including the loss of safe harbour protection and prosecution under the Information Technology Act. Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta called X's conduct a "deliberate act" of non-cooperation and said the same hampers the government's efforts to address "threats to public order and national security." "The petitioner cannot be in non-compliance with laws of land, and seek refuge under writ jurisdiction under Constitution of India," Mehta said. The government told a bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna that the safe harbour provision is...