NEW DELHI, June 18 (World Daily Times) — The Delhi High Court on June 19 upheld an Indian government order temporarily blocking Telegram, preserving authorities’ power to restrict public access to the messaging app under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
Justice Tejas Karia rejected Telegram’s challenge and held that the Centre was empowered to issue the blocking direction. The court found the temporary restriction to be legal, reasonable and not disproportionate.
In court, the government said Telegram was being used by paper-leak and cheating networks and that the platform’s structure made misuse difficult to control. The blocking order was temporary and was set to remain in force until June 22.
The dispute arose from government action tied to the integrity of the NEET-UG re-examination, putting India’s platform-blocking powers over a widely used cross-border messaging service back in focus.
