Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 19 -- Solicitor general Tushar Mehta created a fake X account named "Supreme Court of Karnataka" and presented it to the Karnataka high court on Friday to demonstrate online misinformation risks - only to have the platform suspend the fictional handle by the time the hearing ended. Mehta handed his mobile phone to justice M Nagaprasanna to show the fake account, complete with the court's photograph and official-looking handle, arguing it proved how easily false content could spread online. "We have opened one account in the name of Supreme Court of Karnataka. And Twitter (X) has opened that account. And it is a verified account by Twitter (X)... now I can post anything in that, and lakhs and lakhs of people who view that account will say Supreme Court of Karnataka has said this," Mehta told the court. The demonstration was meant to underscore the need for stronger government oversight of social media platforms. In response, X Corp's counsel, senior advocate KG Raghavan, questioned the propriety of creating fake handles without officially placing them on record. Then, as the two-hour hearing concluded, Raghavan announced X had already suspended the fictional account. "Just to end on a good note, that account has been suspended. We are a responsible organisation," Raghavan told the court, drawing amusement from the bench. He also clarified that contrary to the solicitor general's claim, the account was not verified by X. Mehta clarified the account was "purely representational" for "demonstrative purposes" with no posts made from it, but used the episode to advance broader arguments about user anonymity and platform accountability. "If a user posts illegal content and is anonymous, who will the aggrieved party sue? X Corp has no officers in India except a grievance officer. Where is the accountability?" he asked. The courtroom drama unfolded during X's legal challenge to the Union government's Sahyog portal, which the company calls a "censorship portal". X argues the portal allows thousands of government officials to issue content takedown orders without proper oversight. Mehta criticised X for resisting Indian regulatory frameworks while complying with local laws in other parts of the world....