Supreme Court Closes Twitter India’s Plea Against Multiple FIRs Over ‘Khalistan’ Tweet Promotion

The Supreme Court closed Twitter India’s 2020 petition challenging multiple FIRs registered across states for allegedly promoting a tweet on “Khalistan” by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

The Court was examining Twitter India’s request to quash or club these FIRs, arguing that it had no control over user content and that parallel FIRs could not be maintained for the same alleged act.

After noting that five years had passed and several states were unrepresented, the Court said there was no reason to keep the matter pending.

It recorded status updates from some states and disposed of the petition.

[Twitter Communications India Pvt Ltd v. Union of India]