New Delhi, May 19 -- The Central Government on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that tweets posted by Journalist Rana Ayyub have been blocked by the social media platform X.

The counsel for Rana Ayyub questioned the maintainability of the petition, calling it infructuous after the steps taken by X on the order of the Central Government.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked the counsel for Ayub, "Are you justifying the tweets?"

Justice Kaurav asked the petitioner what you have to say.

The petitioner Amita Sachdeva informed the court that her prayers to delete the tweets were not met. These tweets are only withheld in India. It can be seen from any other part of the world. Tweets can be seen within India using a VPN.

The High C...