India, March 20 -- Adding a new chapter to its legal battle against the Indian government's content regulation framework, Elon Musk-owned X has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the Centre's use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology (IT) Act to block content.

The company has contended that Section 79(3)(b) contradicts the Supreme Court's Shreya Singhal judgment, which permits content blocking only through Section 69A framework of the IT Act or court orders, Hindustan Times reported.

The social media platform has argued that Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act creates an "illegal parallel system" for censorship that bypasses constitutional safeguards.

Notably, Section 69A allows the government to block cont...