Delhi HC to Twitter: Provide BSI of handles that leaked SRK-starrer ‘Jawan’ clips

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed social media platform Twitter to provide Basic Subscriber Information (BSI) and other relevant details of five accounts responsible for leaking clips related to the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Jawan”.
After the clips got leaked, the high court, on April 25, had directed social media platforms, ‘shady’ websites, cable TV outlets, direct-to-home services, and various other platforms to remove the leaked clips and stop their circulation as well.
Red Chillies Entertainment Private Ltd, a production house owned by Khan and his wife Gauri, had filed a lawsuit in the high court on this count.
Also Read Shah Rukh Khan refuses to work with Farhan Akhtar: Report The entertainment company’s counsel submitted before the bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar that the a fresh application was filed in view of certain additional leaks committed by the Twitter accounts in question.
It is the company’s case that the nature of the leaks suggest that those running the Twitter handles had “accessed systems” of the plaintiff company.
Therefore, the application seeks a direction on Twitter to disclose the BSI and other details including IP addresses, usernames, phone numbers in respect of the five Twitter handles.