India, July 8 -- The union government on Tuesday acknowledged in the Karnataka high court on Tuesday that a recent takedown notice issued by the railways to social media platform X over a video showing a woman driving on railway tracks in Telangana was a misuse of statutory powers but stressed it was an isolated incident.

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta said this "isolated incident" did not undermine the overall objective of the Centre's Sahyog portal to streamline the regulation of online intermediaries.

"Misuse of a provision does not render it unconstitutional," Mehta said, opposing a petition filed by X Corp against the union government's Sahyog Portal on the ground that the portal opens doors for "indiscriminate censorship."

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