The Supreme Court on Thursday refused a plea by Chinese company ByteDance, which owns the short-form TikTok mobile video application, to transfer cases relating to its ban from the Madras High Court to the apex court for speedy disposal. He said the petitions pending before the Madurai Bench of the High Court should be transferred to the apex court for final disposal. However, the company withdrew its plea after the Bench said it was not inclined to transfer the case from the High Court to itself. The apex court had directed the High Court to decide on April 24 the plea of TikTok seeking interim relief of lifting the ban imposed by it. The High Court had observed that inappropriate contents were being made available to children.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2019 10:52 UTC