India, July 12 -- Elon Musk-led X Corp reportedly said that the Indian government is using a smart and ingenious workaround to bypass the legal safeguards laid down by the Supreme Court in a 2015 order with respect to take down of content or blocking of social media handles.

The company asked the Karnataka High Court, why the Indian government is following lengthy and complex procedure of safeguards under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act when a simpler route exists through Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules and the Sahyog Portal to issue content takedown notices.

As per an ET report, social media platform X (erstwhile Twitter) has petitioned the HC challenging the way the government issues orders to take down content.

Notably, t...