New Delhi: The Delhi high court today, April 6, ordered the immediate restoration on X of the parody accounts ‘Dr. Nimo Yadav’ and ‘Nehr Who’, both of which had been blocked on the Narendra Modi government’s directions.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while hearing a plea filed by Prateek Sharma, who runs ‘Dr Nimo Yadav’ and another petition filed by Kumar Nayan, who operates the ‘Nehr Who’ account.LiveLaw reports that the court issued the direction after a brief exchange between advocate Vrinda Grover appearing for the petitioner Sharma and Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma appearing for the Union government.The blocking orders affecting these two accounts which are frequent critics of the Modi government’s politics and policies were issued under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, which empowers the Union government to order the blocking of public access to online content or websites.While the two accounts are restored, the specific tweets mentioned in the blocking order will remain under temporary block, LiveLaw notes in its report.The court has directed the petitioners to appear before Review Committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in which the MeiTY will need to demonstrate whether tweets are correctly blocked or not as per the relevant section of the IT Act.The court directed that “principles of natural justice” will be followed before the Review Committee.Grover had argued that Sharma had moved the high court on March 25 after receiving a notification from X on the blocking on March 19. Communication from the Union government only arrived after he filed a petition before the high court.“What is the legal scheme? The legal scheme cannot be that you violate my fundamental rights, when I move a constitutional court then in order to avoid judicial scrutiny you quickly send me…that can never be the scheme in this country…Reasons have to be in the order, and blocking is of information. Blocking order passed by Respondent No.1 (UOI) is to withhold my entire account, not information…This is a totally illegal arbitrary order. To ask me now, after you have blocked my account (not url) on March 19, you say now that ‘ you come to the Review Committee’,” Grover submitted, according to LiveLaw.She also argued that the order was not within the domain of Section 69A IT Act.Takedown orders affected by the Modi government targeting its critics, under various sections of the IT Act and IT Rules, have made frequent news. In cases like ‘Dr Nimo Yadav’ and ‘Nehr Who,’ full accounts have also been taken down.