Hooghly Net ban challenged in high court

Chandernagore/Kolkata: The Calcutta High court is likely to hear a petition challenging the Hooghly district administrations’s ban on internet services in some stretches, including Chandernagore, till Sunday evening to stop proliferation of fake provocative social media posts.
A petition was moved in the HC by a Chandernagore-based lawyer, who claimed the order was illegal and violated fundamental rights in times of a pandemic-induced lockdown.
Lawyer Indrajeet Dey’s petition argues that the internet ban “will restrict inhabitants from work, getting food and medicine online, and will compel the residents for cash transactions and will also compel them to go out of their homes for getting their daily needs, and the same might lead to a more vulnerable situation”. “The petition is likely to be heard on Saturday morning,” he said.
A division bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B Nair Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee is likely to hear the petition.
Meanwhile, in Telinipara, a few shops opened in the troubled zone along with a market. “Eight more persons have been detained for questioning. The situation is under control,” Chandernagore police commissioner Humayun Kabir said.