The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a petition before it against frequent internet shutdowns across the country will be listed before a three-judge bench. .The plea filed by Foundation for Media Professional was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi.The petitioner sought listing of the matter citing non-compliance with the directions of the top court in the judgment in Anuradha Bhasin "After Anuradha Bhasin it was stated that internet shutdowns cannot happen so rampantly. But we have seen so many internet shutdowns across India," the counsel for the petitioner submitted."We will list this before a three-judge bench," CJI Lalit replied..In Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India, the Supreme Court had which held that internet shutdowns can be resorted to only as a drastic measure to be adopted in exceptional circumstances.That verdict was rendered on a plea challenging internet shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court in that judgment had laid down various procedural safeguards to be followed by the government before resorting to internet shutdown. .However, numerous petitions have been filed after that against internet shutdowns in various States. .Story to be updated.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a petition before it against frequent internet shutdowns across the country will be listed before a three-judge bench. .The plea filed by Foundation for Media Professional was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi.The petitioner sought listing of the matter citing non-compliance with the directions of the top court in the judgment in Anuradha Bhasin "After Anuradha Bhasin it was stated that internet shutdowns cannot happen so rampantly. But we have seen so many internet shutdowns across India," the counsel for the petitioner submitted."We will list this before a three-judge bench," CJI Lalit replied..In Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India, the Supreme Court had which held that internet shutdowns can be resorted to only as a drastic measure to be adopted in exceptional circumstances.That verdict was rendered on a plea challenging internet shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court in that judgment had laid down various procedural safeguards to be followed by the government before resorting to internet shutdown. .However, numerous petitions have been filed after that against internet shutdowns in various States. .Story to be updated.