Delhi High Court Upholds Telegram Ban Ahead of NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam, Approves Restriction on Message Editing Feature

 

Delhi High Court Ne NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam Se Pehle Telegram Ban Ko Di Manzoori, Janiye Pura Mamla

NEET UG 2026 Re-Examination se pehle ek mahatvapurn faisle mein Delhi High Court ne Telegram app par lagaye gaye temporary ban ko barkarar rakha hai. Court ne Kendra Sarkar ke us faisle ko sahi thehraya jisme messaging platform Telegram ko 22 June tak block karne ka nirdesh diya gaya tha. Sarkar ka kehna tha ki NEET exam se judi afwaahon, fake paper leak claims aur misinformation ko rokne ke liye yeh kadam zaroori tha.

Iske saath hi Court ne Telegram ke message editing feature ko bhi 30 June tak disable karne ke nirdesh ko manzoori de di. Yeh faisla NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam ke dauran kisi bhi tarah ki galat jaankari ke prasar ko rokne ke uddeshya se liya gaya hai.

Delhi High Court ke Justice Tejas Karia ne is mamle mein sunwai karte hue kaha ki emergency situation ko dekhte hue Centre ne Information Technology Act ke Section 69A ke tahat jo prakriya apnaayi, woh kanooni roop se sahi thi. Court ne Telegram ki us dalil ko bhi kharij kar diya jisme company ne kaha tha ki use blocking ke poore reasons nahi diye gaye.

Kya Hai Pura Mamla?

NEET UG Bharat ki sabse badi medical entrance examinations mein se ek hai. Har saal lakhon students MBBS aur anya medical courses mein admission ke liye is exam mein shamil hote hain. Pichhle kuch saalon mein paper leak aur exam integrity ko lekar kai vivad saamne aaye hain.

NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam se pehle bhi social media aur messaging platforms par paper leak se judi kai afwaahen fail rahi thi. Sarkar aur National Testing Agency (NTA) ko ashanka thi ki Telegram ke madhyam se fake documents, edited screenshots aur misleading messages tezi se viral kiye ja sakte hain.

Isi ko dekhte hue NTA aur Department of Higher Education ne Telegram par temporary restriction lagane ki sifarish ki thi. Iske baad Kendra Sarkar ne Telegram ko temporary roop se block karne aur uske message editing feature ko disable karne ka aadesh jaari kiya.

Court Ne Telegram Ke Khilaaf Kya Observations Diye?

Delhi High Court ne apne faisle mein Telegram ke kuch technical features par vishesh roop se chinta vyakt ki. Court ke mutabik Telegram ke public channels aur automated bots misinformation ko bahut tezi se faila sakte hain.

Court ne kaha ki Telegram par lakhon logon wale public channels maujood hote hain jahan ek hi message bahut kam samay mein bade star par pahunch sakta hai. Iske alawa bots ke madhyam se bina lagatar human intervention ke bhi information share ki ja sakti hai.

Court ne yeh bhi kaha ki agar kisi ek channel ko remove kar diya jaye to uska duplicate version aasani se phir se banaya ja sakta hai. Is wajah se galat jaankari ko poori tarah rokna mushkil ho jata hai.

Nyayalaya ne kaha ki Telegram ki architecture aur functionality anya platforms se alag hai aur isi wajah se exam se judi misinformation ko failane ke liye iska durupyog kiya ja sakta hai.

Message Editing Feature Kyon Bana Chinta Ka Vishay?

Court ke faisle ka sabse mahatvapurn pehlu Telegram ke message editing feature se juda tha. Telegram users ko kisi bhi purane message ko bina kisi time limit ke edit karne ki suvidha deta hai.

Court ne kaha ki yeh feature exam se judi fake news ko badhava de sakta hai. Udaharan ke taur par koi vyakti exam ke baad kisi purane message ko edit karke usme alleged question paper ya document attach kar sakta hai aur phir yeh daava kar sakta hai ki paper exam se pehle leak ho gaya tha.

Aisi sthiti mein aam logon aur students ko lag sakta hai ki paper vastav mein pehle se available tha, jabki sachchai kuch aur ho sakti hai. Court ke anusar is tarah ki fake information public trust ko nuksan pahucha sakti hai aur law and order ki samasya bhi paida kar sakti hai.

Isi wajah se Court ne message editing feature ko temporary roop se disable karne ke faisle ko uchit mana.

Section 69A Ke Tahat Sarkar Ki Shakti

Delhi High Court ne spasht kiya ki Information Technology Act ke Section 69A ke tahat Kendra Sarkar ko kisi online platform ko block karne ka adhikar prapt hai, agar rashtriya hit, jan suraksha ya public order se judi gambhir sthiti paida ho.

Court ne kaha ki Telegram par lagaya gaya pratibandh poori tarah se kanooni framework ke andar tha. Sarkar ne emergency powers ka istemal karte hue is faisle ko lagu kiya tha aur yeh kisi bhi tarah se kanoon ke viruddh nahi tha.

Nyayalaya ne yeh bhi maana ki yeh ban permanent nahi hai balki temporary aur specific objective ke liye lagaya gaya hai.

Supreme Court Ke Proportionality Test Par Khara Utra Faisla

Delhi High Court ne apne judgement mein Supreme Court ke prasiddh Anuradha Bhasin case ka bhi ullekh kiya. Is case mein proportionality ke chaar mahatvapurn tests tay kiye gaye the.

Court ne kaha ki Telegram par lagaya gaya temporary ban in sabhi tests par khara utarta hai:

1. Sarkar ka objective legitimate tha.
2. Ban aur objective ke beech direct sambandh tha.
3. Situation mein yeh kadam zaroori tha.
4. Isse kam restrictive aur prabhavi vikalp uplabdh nahi tha.

Court ke mutabik exam ki vishwasniyata aur public confidence ko banaye rakhna ek mahatvapurn uddeshya hai aur Telegram par temporary restriction isi uddeshya ko pura karne ke liye lagayi gayi.

Telegram Ne Court Mein Kya Kaha?

Telegram ne Court ke saamne apna paksh rakhte hue kaha ki company pehle se hi illegal content ke khilaaf sakht kadam utha rahi hai.

Company ne daava kiya ki usne NEET se judi 900 se adhik links aur channels ko remove kiya hai jahan unlawful ya misleading content share kiya ja raha tha. Telegram ne yeh bhi bataya ki Artificial Intelligence (AI) aur Machine Learning technologies ka upyog karke harmful content ki pahchan aur removal kiya ja raha hai.

Telegram ka kehna tha ki poore platform ko block karna ek atyadhik kadam hai aur isse karodon users prabhavit honge jo platform ka upyog rozmarra ke communication ke liye karte hain.

Pavel Durov Ka Bayan

Telegram ke CEO Pavel Durov ne bhi is mudde par apni pratikriya di. Unhone kaha ki Bharat mein Telegram ke 150 million se adhik users hain aur temporary ban ka asar un sab par padega.

Durov ke anusar yeh action aam users ko saza dene jaisa hai, jabki asli paper leak karne wale logon par iska seedha prabhav nahi padega. Unhone kaha ki Telegram authorities ke saath sahyog karne ke liye taiyar hai aur illegal content ke khilaaf lagatar action leta raha hai.

Sarkar Ka Paksh Kya Tha?

Kendra Sarkar ne Court ko bataya ki Telegram ki technical structure misinformation ke prasar ko aur adhik aasan bana deti hai.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta ne Court mein kaha ki Telegram ke bots bulk communications ko bahut tezi se faila sakte hain. Agar ek bot ko block bhi kar diya jaye to uska mirror version kisi doosre bot ke madhyam se phir se active ho sakta hai.

Sarkar ka kehna tha ki exam jaise samvedansheel mamle mein kisi bhi fake information ko failne se rokna bahut zaroori hai, kyunki isse lakhon students aur unke parivaron par asar pad sakta hai.

Nishkarsh

Delhi High Court ka yeh faisla digital platforms ki zimmedari aur exam security ke beech santulan banane ki koshish ke roop mein dekha ja raha hai. Court ne spasht kiya hai ki Telegram par lagaya gaya ban sthayi nahi hai, balki ek temporary aur situation-specific kadam hai.

NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam ke dauran misinformation aur fake paper leak claims ko rokna sarkar ki prathmikta hai. Court ne maana ki vartaman paristhitiyon mein Telegram par temporary restriction lagana kanooni, uchit aur avashyak tha.

Aane wale dino mein yeh dekhna dilchasp hoga ki digital communication platforms aur regulatory authorities ke beech is tarah ke mamlon mein kis prakaar ka santulan sthapit kiya jata hai.