India, April 3 -- The Karnataka High Court (HC) reportedly refused to grant interim relief to social media platform X today in connection with a plea challenging the Centre's use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology (IT) Act to block content.

As per Bar and Bench, Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that there is no reason for X to be apprehensive of any coercive action by the government. Noting that the social media platform is free to approach the HC in case of any coercive action, Justice Nagaprasanna posted the matter for final hearing on April 24.

During the hearing, X's counsel KG Raghavan argued that there are legal flaws to the blocking mechanism established by the Centre through the Sahyog portal. He contended that the...