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- The Supreme Court on 10th January said that access to the Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution.
- Any order passed to restrict or suspend judicial scrutiny will be subject to judicial scrutiny.
- This was a verdict given by a five-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana.
- The internet shutdown in Kashmir is the longest in any democracy in the world.
- India also tops the list of Internet shutdowns globally.
- According to the Internet Shutdown Tracker, India saw 106 shutdowns in 2019, and 134 in 2018.
Backdrop
- The Information Technology Act, 2000, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 and the Telegraph Act, 1885 are the three laws that deal with suspension of Internet services.
- But before 2017, Internet suspension orders were issued under section 144 of the CrPC.
- In India, Kerala had become the first state in 2017 to declare access to Internet "a basic human right".
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