Internet Access a Fundamental Right

  • On 10th January, the Supreme Court declared that access to the internet is protected under Article 19 of the Constitution.
  • In response to a plea against the suspension of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir since last August, Supreme Court affirmed that the right to freedom of speech and expression, as guaranteed to all citizens under the first section of that article, covers the right to go online.
  • In effect, even if left unsaid, this would make net access a fundamental right.
  • These rights do have “reasonable restrictions” under specified circumstances. The individual freedoms are granted only so long as they do not ....
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