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telecom suspension rules

Telecom Act, 2023

First Read on Telecommunications (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024

This post includes our initial analysis of the Telecommunication (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024 notified on November 22, 2024, including highlighting major changes from the draft rules issued in August 2024.
04 December, 2024
7 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Telecom

TeleCon-ing us? - IFF’s Submissions to the DoT on the draft 2024 Telecom Rules

On August 28, 2024, MoC released four draft rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023 with a 30 day deadline for public comments. This post summarises our submissions on all four draft rules.
07 October, 2024
16 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar
internet shutdowns

Jharkhand High Court Restores Internet Services in the State

The order was issued following a notification by the Department of Home, Prison and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand suspending all internet services on the days of the Jharkhand General Graduate Level Competitive Examinations.
26 September, 2024
6 min read
Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem
Telecom Act, 2023

A Draft to Disconnect: IFF’s Analysis of the Draft Telecom Suspension Rules, 2024

The DoT released the draft Temporary Suspension of Telecommunication Services Rules, 2024 for a 30-day public consultation. This post includes our in-depth analysis of the draft Suspension Rules, 2024, along with a comparison with the corresponding provisions under the 2017 Rules. 
03 September, 2024
7 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra & Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar
Telecom

First Read: The Telecom Bill, 2023 is on Santa's evil list

The Telecom Bill, 2023, much like the 2022 one, continues to hang on to the colonial provisions of its 1885 predecessor it purportedly aims to overhaul. It misses a huge opportunity to reform the telecom sector and create a rights-centric law that protects user rights instead of infringing on it.
20 December, 2023
11 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
internet shutdowns

IFF writes to the Chief Secretary of Haryana about the ongoing internet shutdown

Home Department of the Haryana Government on July 31, 2023 ordered the suspension of mobile internet services, SMS and dongle services in certain districts in the State of Haryana.
02 August, 2023
5 min read
Radhika RoyRadhika Roy
keepiton

The duration of internet shutdowns in Manipur crosses 10 days. IFF wrote to Manipur Chief Secretary urging scrutiny of orders #KeepItOn

Successive internet shutdowns were imposed in the entire State of Manipur for five days. We have written to the Chairperson of the Review Committee, to review the order and consider on a day-to-day basis whether the internet suspension needs to continue.
09 May, 2023
4 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra
internet shutdowns

We wrote to the District Magistrate, Howrah, to not use S.144 CrPC to suspend internet services

We wrote to the District Magistrate, Howrah District, West Bengal stating our concern about suspending internet services under Section 144 CrPC instead of following the procedure laid down in the Telecom Suspension Rules, 2017.
05 April, 2023
3 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh
internet shutdowns

Digital censorship in Punjab: internet shutdowns and account suspensions

Internet services in Punjab were shut down from March 18 till March 21 (in some districts till March 24). Reportedly, around 120 twitter accounts were suspended/ withheld. We wrote to the Punjab government and MeitY raising concerns about the internet shutdown and withheld accounts, respectively.
31 March, 2023
4 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
Meghalaya

Researcher Jade Lyngdoh from Shillong writes to the Chief Secretary of Meghalaya about the ongoing internet shutdown #KeepItOn

Jade Lyngdoh, a researcher, write to the Chief Secretary of Meghalaya to urge them to convene a meeting of the Review Committee of Meghalaya urgently and consider whether Meghalaya's internet suspension may be lifted earlier than 48 hours.
23 November, 2022
4 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh

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