SC Rejects Plea For Social Media Ban Guidelines

2025-10-10 05:03:48

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
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New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking pan-India guidelines for governing social media intermediaries with respect to suspension and blocking of accounts.

The apex court allowed the two petitioners to withdraw the plea and told them that they were free to seek any other remedy available in law before an appropriate forum.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was told by the counsel appearing for the petitioners that their WhatsApp, which they used to communicate with the customers, was blocked.

“There are other communication applications, you can use that,” the bench observed and asked why WhatsApp of the petitioners was blocked.

The petitioners' counsel said no reason was given to them.

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