NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's stand on the ban imposed on messaging app Telegram even as the govt claimed there is "shocking material" which it will share with court.Telegram has challenged the move to temporarily restrict access to the app ahead of the June 21 NEET-UG retest.
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta sought a day's time and said govt has been communicating its concerns to Telegram since May.
Telegram's counsel claimed the curbs were illegal and questioned the legality of the blanket order blocking the platform.
Senior advocate Dhruv Mehta informed HC that over 150 million users had been affected.SG Mehta said the blocking order had been issued under Sec 69A of IT Act and that a post-decisional hearing had already been conducted where Telegram's representatives participated before the nodal agency, and a fresh order was expected.We shudder to imagine a situation where there is public unrest," SG Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench of Justice Tejas Karia.
"There are 150 million users in the country.
