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tl;dr On August 28, 2024, the Department of Telecommunications [“DoT”], Ministry of Communications [“MoC”] released four draft rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023 [“Telecom Act’], namely the draft Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 [“draft Interception Rules”], draft Temporary Suspension of Telecommunication Services Rules, 2024 [“draft Suspension Rules”], draft Telecommunications […]
tl;dr In an order dated September 22, 2024, the Jharkhand High Court restored internet services in the state, observing that merely adding the terms ‘public interest’, ‘adequate safety of students at large’, and ‘ensuring fair examination’, without any factual backing is not a sufficient ground to suspend all types of internet services in the entire […]