Quash UP police notice against me, Twitter India head urges HC

His counsel C V Nagesh told the Karnataka high court that the notice under Section 41 -A of the CrPC was issued “without jurisdiction, without the sanction of law.”

Bengaluru Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari on Thursday sought the quashing of a notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh police seeking his physical presence in connection with a case registered for uploading and circulating a “communal sensitive” video on the platform.

Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari has already been named in different complaints against the microblogging platform.

His counsel C V Nagesh told the Karnataka high court that the notice under Section 41 -A of the CrPC was issued “without jurisdiction, without the sanction of law.” “..the investigating officer invoked the powers under Section 41-A of the CrPC, which is not right”, he alleged.