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Bombay High Court Defers Kamra’s Sahyog Portal Challenge Indefinitely
The Bombay High Court was hearing a case about the Sahyog Portal.
Comedian Kunal Kamra and senior advocate Haresh Jagtiani say the portal should be legally examined.
They want the portal disabled and dismantled.
The portal is designed to help process requests to remove content from social media.
The petitioners also challenge a rule requiring intermediaries to remove objectionable content.
The Supreme Court has paused related cases in the Bombay and Karnataka High Courts.
Because of that pause, the Bombay High Court postponed these petitions without setting a new hearing date.
This type of postponement is called an adjournment sine die.
The Bombay High Court adjourned Kunal Kamra’s petitions against the Sahyog Portal sine die.
The court cited a recent Supreme Court stay covering related proceedings.
Senior advocate Haresh Jagtiani also filed a petition challenging the portal’s constitutional validity.
The petitions seek to disable and dismantle the digital takedown-request system.
The petitioners challenge an amendment requiring intermediaries to remove objectionable content.
- Who
- The Bombay High Court, Kunal Kamra, Haresh Jagtiani, and the Union of India were involved in the proceedings.
- What
- The court adjourned petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Sahyog Portal and a related information-technology rule amendment.
- Where
- The proceedings took place in the Bombay High Court in Mumbai.
- When
- The petitions were adjourned on September 11, 2026.
- Why
- The court cited a Supreme Court stay covering related proceedings in the Bombay and Karnataka High Courts.
Key facts
- Court action
- Petitions were adjourned sine die, meaning indefinitely without a scheduled next hearing.
- Petitioner
- Comedian Kunal Kamra
- Additional petitioner
- Senior advocate Haresh Jagtiani
- Portal
- The Sahyog Portal is designed to fast-track takedown requests to social media intermediaries.
- Legal challenge
- The petitioners challenge the portal’s constitutional validity.
- Rule challenged
- The petitions challenge an amendment to Rule 3(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
- Previous hearing
- In July, the court gave the Union of India time to file its reply.
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