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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Krishnadas Rajagopal

Supreme Court directs publication of final orders of panel reviewing ‘proportionality’ of Internet suspensions in J&K

The Supreme Court ordered the government on Friday to publish the final decisions of the committee which reviews internet suspension orders in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

A three-judge Bench headed by Justice BR Gavai however agreed with the government that the internal deliberations of the review process need not be made public.

The court did not delve on whether the reasons or findings of the review committee need to be published. The Bench said it was for an individual petitioner to raise the plea in the appropriate forum or court that non-existence of reasons, if any, in a final review order affected their right to challenge.

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