The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea to set aside an order passed by the DCP, Delhi Police suspending telecom services in parts of Delhi on December 19.

The order suspending Voice call, SMS and internet services in parts of Delhi was issued by DCP PS Kushwaha on December 18 to control the law and order situation in view of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar  observed that the impact of the order was already over, as it was only for 4 hours ie. 10 am to 1 pm on December 19. It was thus stated that there was no reason to interfere with the order in exercise of its writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

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