Mr Maheshwari had also approached the top court asking them to hear his side.

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari over a plea of the Uttar Pradesh government against the Karnataka High Court decision to set aside a notice seeking Maheshwari’s appearance for a probe into a communally sensitive video uploaded by a user on the micro-blogging site.

The UP police had approached the top court to challenge a Karnataka HC order in June that had given Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari temporary protection from arrest in connection with an FIR over tweets about the assault of a Muslim man near Delhi. Mr Maheshwari had also approached the top court asking them to hear his side before passing any orders on UP Police’s appeal.