Court raps Twitter over delay in key appointments

In more trouble for Twitter India, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday slammed the micro-blogging platform for inordinate delay in making key appointments in compliance with the country’s new digital laws.

Expressing its displeasure over Twitter delaying the appointment of grievance redressal officer, Justice Rekha Palli of Delhi High Court said, “How long does your (Twitter’s) process take? If Twitter thinks it can take as long as it wants in our country, I’ll not allow that.”

The high court further stated that ”Twitter is in defiance of the digital law” for not appointing the grievance redressal officer as necessitated under new IT Rules.

The high court also directed Twitter to explain why no new India-based grievance officer had been appointed after the resignation of Dharmendra Chatur on June 21.

Twitter Inc no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the US micro-blogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules, the government has recently said in a court filing.

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