New Delhi, Sep 9: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre to a plea alleging arbitrary web shutdowns in Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and West Bengal, saying it needs to know whether or not there exists any protocol on the problem.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and P S Narasimha mentioned as a substitute of issuing notices to the 4 states, which have been made events to the petition, it might moderately subject discover to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
We subject a discover solely to the Centre (MeitY), the Union to point whether or not there are commonplace protocols with respect to grievance raised, mentioned the bench. It was alleged within the PIL, filed by Software Law Center, that web providers have been shut down even for stopping dishonest in some aggressive examinations.
Lawyer Vrinda Grover advised the bench that petitions had been filed in excessive courts in Calcutta and Rajasthan. Why cannot you progress the High Courts? You have already completed so, the bench mentioned, including the excessive courts will be urged to comply with the apex court docket judgment within the Anuradha Bhasin case.
In the Anuradha Bhasin Vs Union of India case, the apex court docket had dominated that an undefined restriction of web providers is prohibited and orders for web shutdown should fulfill the exams of necessity and proportionality. “The Rajasthan authorities had advised the High court docket that there shall be no web shut down, she mentioned, including that after a while, they imposed the ban.
The lawyer mentioned even a parliamentary committee had mentioned such a measure shouldn’t be taken to stop dishonest in examinations. “They say it’s to stop dishonest. But would proportionality allow this… at this time, once we are doing all the things digitally, the lawyer mentioned.
The PIL petitioner additionally referred to latest web shutdowns in Rajasthan throughout a communal flare-up.
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