The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous.

Last week, American tech company X Corp. (formerly “Twitter”) announced that it would appeal a Karnataka High Court (KHC) order before the Supreme Court of India (SCI). As India’s highest court, the Supreme Court only hears appeals if the High Court certifies —or confirms—the case raises an important legal question with wider public impact. Without this certificate, the SCI may grant special leave to appeal under Article 136 , which allows the Supreme Court to hear the case at its discretion even without High Court certification. The KHC’s single-judge decision in X Corp. v. Union of India garnered widespread attention when it was issued earlier this month because of what this could me

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