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Regulatory Chakravyuh mein X
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) ka X account band hone se ek bada tension dikh raha hai - ek taraf govt online baaton par nazar rakh rahi hai, doosri taraf X ek public space hai. Court ne immediate interim injunction deny kar diya hai. Iska matlab hai ki Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act aur satirical expression ke constitutional rights ke beech ka mamla ab dhyan se investigate hoga. Court ne standard review committee ko bypass karne se mana kar diya, jo dikhata hai ki govt orders ko, especially intelligence reports wale, judge bahut carefully dekh rahe hain.
Transparency ka sawaal
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) aur X platform ke beech kya baat ho rahi hai, ye clear nahi hai. Blocking order ke precise grounds pata na hone ki wajah se judicial review mein dikkat aa rahi hai. Jab intermediary X ne specific reasons nahi bataye hain, toh court decide nahi kar pa rahi ki ye content ko targeted remove karna hai ya phir kisi digital entity ko chup karane ki koshish. Is ambiguity se petitioner ke lawyers ko bhi problem ho rahi hai, kyunki Govt ke hidden reasons ko challenge karna mushkil hai.
Future ke liye risk?
Digital platforms ke liye ye case ek structural risk dikhata hai. Agar govt orders par depend karna pada aur court oversight na ho, toh problem ho sakti hai. India mein, govt ko content hatane ka power hai bina pehle court ki permission ke. Isse platforms liability se bachne ke liye reactive ho jaate hain. Agar review committee ne govt ka decision uphold kiya, toh satire ko classify karne ka ek restrictive standard set ho sakta hai, jisse aise political commentary accounts par aur bhi 'shadow-banning' ya content suppression ho sakta hai.
Court ki nazar mein
Agli hearing July 6 ko hai. Govt IT Act ke under argue karegi ki CJP account ke millions of followers hone ki wajah se public order ke liye state intervention zaroori hai. Petitioner ko ye prove karna hoga ki CJP ka content legal incitement ki limit cross nahi karta. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta ka involve hona dikhata hai ki govt is matter ko kitni seriously le rahi hai. Lagta hai ki policy-driven content moderation par Govt peeche hategi nahi.