Kashmir Internet Shutdown

<p>Is accessing the Internet a fundamental right? A recent judgment affirmed that since so many essential services depend on the internet, shutting down access to the internet is tantamount to a violation of fundamental rights. We look at a worrying trend in India: a frequent resort to doing precisely this. We also look at the qualification of ‘public purpose’ in the state acquiring property and how this was a contentious matter between the judiciary and parliament in the 1950s. And yes, how a freedom fighter continued to fight for freedom in independent India! Tune in! </p><p><b>On Kashmir and internet shutdowns </b></p><p>-<a href="https://scroll.in/latest/1011995/jammu-and-kashmir-93-internet-shutdown-orders-issued-after-sc-order-on-communication-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://scroll.in/latest/1011995/jammu-and-kashmir-93-internet-shutdown-orders-issued-after-sc-order-on-communication-restrictions</a></p><p>-<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49234708" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49234708</a></p><p>-<a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/82461587/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/82461587/</a></p><p><b>On ‘violent words’ and ‘public order’</b></p><p>-<a href="https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/UE9YldojhVlWnSI877F4FJ/Violent-words-free-speech-and-the-Indian-Constitution.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/UE9YldojhVlWnSI877F4FJ/Violent-words-free-speech-and-the-Indian-Constitution.html</a></p><p>-<a href="https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/lohia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/lohia</a></p><p><b>On the fundamental right to property </b></p><p>-Wahi, Namrata, 2016, “Property”, in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), <a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</