India: Supreme Court stayed high court proceedings challenging validity of content takedown orders issued through government’s Sahyog Portal

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Supreme Court stayed high court proceedings challenging validity of content takedown orders issued through government’s Sahyog Portal

On 22 July 2026, the Supreme Court of India stayed proceedings in X Corp's writ appeal (WA No. 1827/2025) before the Karnataka High Court challenging the validity of content takedown orders issued through the Government's Sahyog Portal under Section…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court

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2025-03-05
under deliberation

On 5 March 2025, X Corp, formerly Twitter, filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court challe…

2025-09-24
under investigation

On 24 September 2025, the Karnataka High Court dismissed X Corp’s writ petition challenging the val…

2026-07-22
under investigation

On 22 July 2026, the Supreme Court of India stayed proceedings in X Corp's writ appeal (WA No. 1827…