Top suggestions for The Delhi Hh Court on Thursday (June 18) reserved its verdict in a plea filed by Telegram challenging Central Government's decision to temporarily restrict access to the messaging platform in India till June 22, to prevent paper-leak ahead of NEET 2026 Re-Examination which is scheduled on June 21.During the hearing, Justice Tejas Karia orally asked the Centre if rights of 150 million users could be blocked just because one set of citizens (NEET aspirants) are appearing in an exam.The judge also orally asked Telegram, if it had taken adequate steps like real-time monitoring, to prevent the alleged paper leak. "Whether your architecture is such that less restrictive measures will meet the requirement?" the Judge asked the platform.Read live updates from the hearing here.Senior Advocate Dhruv Mehta appearing for Telegram argued that satisfaction of the Secretary was very important to invoke the emergency provision (Rule 9 of the IT (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules) against the platform. However, it is his claim that there was no application of mind on material, no independent satisfaction was recorded and the designated officer merely 'parroted' the allegations |