The Delhi High Court has ruled that a private company cannot be brought under writ jurisdiction merely because it provides email services, even if access to an account is critical to a user’s business, as per an ANI report. The court made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by a media company seeking the restoration of its Gmail account.
In an order dated October 8, Justice Amit Mahajan said the key consideration in determining whether a writ petition can be maintained against a private entity under Article 226 of the Constitution is the nature of the function it performs, rather than its popularity, scale or reach.
