Appointing contingent worker non-compliance of IT rules: Delhi HC to Twitter

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took strong objection on the affidavits filed on behalf of Twitter stating that it has appointed chief compliance officer and grievance officer as contingent workersSenior advocate Sajan Poovayya representing Twitter submitted before the court that two affidavits have been filed in connection with the appointments of chief compliance officer and grievance officer and the microblogging site will no longer use the word interimA single judge bench of Justice Rekha Palli however objected to the use of word contingent worker in the appointments What is this term contingent worker What does this mean This gives an impression that his duties are based on some contingenciesCiting the affidavit the court said this is even worse and demanded a clearer affidavitIt pointed out that chief compliance officer says he is not an employee and has been engaged as a contingent worker Its a chief compliance officer there has to be some seriousness about the post This in itself is in the teeth of the rule said the courtIt also questioned Twitter as why it made the appointment via a thirdparty contractor whose name has also not been revealed as it remarked that the affidavit shows total noncompliance You do business here earn so much revenue but dont comply with rules the court has given you a long rope it notedThis is not done Tell me I dont understand you are saying contingent this is not complianceAre you serious the court asked Twitter on replacing the word interim with contingentAdditional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma representing the Centre said This is repeated noncompliance by nuance terminologies and seeking time Your lordship is correct if they want to comply comply wholeheartedlyPoovayya then assured the court that a clearlyworded affidavit will be filed by Twitter in the matterAfter hearing arguments the high court gave one week as the final opportunity to Twitter to file a better affidavit in terms of the earlier orders passed The court adjourned the matter to August 6The High Court was hearing a plea filed by Amit Acharya through advocate Akash Vajpai against the noncompliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc with the Information Technology Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules 2021 IT Rules 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever