Delhi HC’s poser on proportionality of Telegram ban: ‘How can rights of 150 million users be curtailed?’
NEW DELHI: Social media App Telegram was banned “temporarily” to prevent misleading crores of students so that they do not come on the streets, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Thursday claiming that the app was the most preferred platform for terror activities.
The Centre made the submission after Justice Tejas Karia questioned how can the rights of 150 million people just be stopped because one set of citizen are appearing in examinations. “The question is can you block somebody else’s rights to protect someone else’s rights,” the judge asked.
