Home and Hill Affairs Department of the Government of West Bengal had issued an order on March 3, 2022, wherein it stated that the internet services would be blocked in 7 districts.
The Supreme Court has said that the Calcutta High Court passed the order without jurisdiction and it was ‘ab initio void (legally void from inception)’.
"Not an iota of truth", YJ Dastoor, the ASG of the Calcutta HC slams Times of India for incorrectly reporting developments in the ongoing West Bengal post-poll violence