Loni Case : SC issues notice to ex-Twitter MD on UP Police’s plea challenging K'taka HC order

New Delhi, October 22: In the major development in the Ghaziabad ‘assault’ video case, the Supreme court issued notice to former Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari over plea of UP govt against Karnataka HC decision to quash a notice seeking Maheshwari's appearance for questioning in a case.

 

 

It should be noted that the UP police had moved the apex court after the Karnataka High Court had set aside a notice sent to Maheshwari asking him to appear at a police station in Ghaziabad.

 

On June 17, the Ghaziabad Police had slapped a notice on Bengaluru resident Maheshwari, asking him to report at its Loni Border police station. The UP police issued a notice under Section 41A of the CrPC in the case regarding a video clip of assault on an elderly Muslim man that went viral on the social media platform. Following this, the MD had offered to join the investigation through video conference for the time being and assured of his cooperation with the police.

 

 

 

After not getting satisfactory answers, the Ghaziabad Police had issued a fresh summons to Twitter India on June 21. Through the notice, he was asked to report at Loni Border police station at 10:30 am on June 24.

 

Maheshwari then approached the Karnataka High Court questioning the legal standing of this notice, after which, the court, on June 25, directed the Uttar Pradesh Police not to take coercive action against the executive, providing him interim relief from personally appearing at the police station.

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