In Twitter Blue-Tick Case, An Unconditional Apology From Ex-CBI Boss
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Twitter blue-tick plea: High Court waives penalty on ex-CBI boss M Nageswara Rao after he apologisesNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today excused former interim CBI Director M Nageswara Rao from paying a penalty of Rs 25,000 imposed on him at the time of dismissal of his challenge to the alleged removal of "blue tick" from his Twitter account by the micro-blogging platform.The retired IPS officer apologised unconditionally to the court and said that he was a pensioner who "was just asking for his identity to be secured".Waiving the penalty, Justice Yashwant Varma ordered, "Bearing in mind the unconditional apology which is tendered on behalf of the petitioner, the cost in terms of the order of May 17, 2022 shall stand deleted."In May, the court had dismissed Mr Rao's plea against ...