ValkyaEditorial

Tagged “freedom-of-speech”

3 articles on freedom-of-speech.

High CourtHigh Court of Delhi

Telegram FZ LLC v. Union of India (2026): Section 69A empowers blocking an entire platform, not just specific content

A Delhi High Court vacation bench dismissed Telegram's challenge to a temporary, nationwide block imposed ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. Justice Tejas Karia held that Section 69A of the IT Act lets the Centre block an entire intermediary platform — not merely individual URLs or content — and that the emergency block cleared the proportionality test as the least restrictive measure available.

Valkya Editorial··8 min
Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India: dismissing the hate-speech batch

On 29 April 2026, a two-judge bench dismissed thirteen writs, two SLPs and eight contempts in the long-running hate-speech batch, holding that constitutional courts cannot create criminal offences, that no legislative vacuum exists in the IPC/BNS framework, and that police failure to register a suo motu FIR is not, by itself, contempt.

Valkya Editorial··9 min