New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday said that it cannot permit the country to be maligned in international forums while hearing a petition challenging the cancellation of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.The remarks came in response to a petition filed by 82-year-old UK-based academic Amrit Wilson, whose OCI card was cancelled by the Union government over alleged anti-India activities in 2023.The court noted intelligence inputs alleging her involvement in anti-India activities and said that India should not be such a tolerant state that it allows the country to be criticised on international platforms.Justice Pushpendra Kumar Kaurav, after examining a sealed cover report submitted by the Union government, said, “We should not be such a tolerant State that we allow our own country to be criticised… maligned at international platform. There are some IB [Intelligence Bureau] reports against you. There are not only two tweets, there are allegations that you participated in anti-India activities. There are IB reports, I have seen it.”Wilson, a British-Indian journalist, had challenged the cancellation of her OCI card before the Delhi high court in 2023. The court had issued notice to the government on the plea in May 2023.Appearing on Wilson’s behalf, senior advocate Trideep Pais said that the show-cause notice issued to Wilson did not contain any details. Pais said that while the Union government had initially referred to her posts on X – one about the farmers’ protest and another about Kashmir – the show cause notice was not issued to her on the basis of these posts, Bar and Bench reported. He added that Wilson’s work was not anti-India.Pais also questioned the handing over of information in a sealed envelope, a practice discouraged by the apex court.Central Government Standing Counsel (CGSC) Nidhi Raman said that the material against Wilson that was available in the public domain had been provided to her while inputs from intelligence agencies had been handed to the court in the sealed envelope.Raman alleged that the issue concerned the integrity and sovereignty of India. The court, while directing Wilson and the Union government to file their submissions in the case, listed the matter for August 27.