Delhi High Court Issues Directions To MeitY- Tanul Thakur v. UOI

In a recent case, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court vide its order in the case Tanul Thakur v. Union of India¹ , has directed the Committee constituted by MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) under the Blocking Rules, 2009 to give a post-decisional hearing to the Petitioner for corrective measures and to provide a copy of the original blocking order to the website's owner.

Introduction

Democracy and censorship are theoretically incompatible concepts. Censorship in democracy defeats the mere idea/ notion of democracy. Democracy entails certain important freedoms, with one of the most important and revered ones being the right to freedom of expression. Censorship in any form (whether arguably justified or unjustified) certainly steps on the toes of the idea of democracy, and as such, any move made by democratically elected governments to impose censorship is met with much scrutiny and distrust.