It also stressed that Twitter can't play "hide and seek" with Indian law and should abide by the law of the land if it wants to operate on Indian soil. The bench said it is a clear case fit for contempt and criminal proceedings could be initiated against Twitter. The bench also referred to a recent judgment against Google where an FIR has been registered.

Submitting the abusive content to the bench, Assistant Solicitor General S.V. Raju, who appeared for CBI, brought to the notice of the court that such social media posts are still visible on Twitter, despite the court's clear directions for withdrawal.

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S.V. Raju said that Twitter removes abusive content from the social media accounts of those who are Indian nationals. However, the abusive content is still not removed from those who reside in India and declare their nationality with some foreign country. There is no problem with YouTube and Facebook, this has been the case only with Twitter, he added.

Counsel for Twitter Saransh Jain, appearing for senior counsel Arvind Datar, said that the technology has been designed to work in that way and it applies to all social media platforms. YouTube's senior counsel maintained that the video-streaming platform has taken down all contentious URLs given by CBI.

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