Telegram Moves Delhi High Court Against Centre’s Temporary Ban Before NEET Exam

New Delhi: After the Union Government on Tuesday, June 16, banned Telegram for several days ahead of the NEET examination, the popular social media platform on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court against the government’s decision.

The High Court has agreed to hear the case urgently today. The government had banned the platform to prevent organized cheating rackets and the circulation of fake paper-leak scams on Telegram. The  emergency block was implemented under Section 69A of the IT Act was enacted at the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) request.

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The Centre had said that the ban was to  prevent paper leaks and spread of misinformation, and to shut down organised cheating networks. The government also ordered Telegram to disable its message-editing feature, after NTA claimed it had been misused to create ‘paper leak’ evidence by editing messages and inserting questions after tests were held.

However, Telegram has argued that the ban would affects millions of other users without resolving the problem, noting that the ban due to some users illegal activities punishes over 150 million ordinary Telegram users. “Ban hasn’t stopped anything. Leaks will move to other apps,” Telegram founder Pavel Durov said while criticising the move.

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