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The Centre has been repeatedly asking Telegram messaging app to instrumentality proactive measures to support a cheque connected amerciable and suspicious channels, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted successful the Delhi High Court connected Thursday (June 18, 2026), adding that “nothing was done” astir the matter.
The proceeding comes a time aft the High Court issued announcement to the Union authorities connected a petition filed by the level against the Centre’s decision to suspend entree to its services successful India until June 22, citing concerns linked to the behaviour of the NEET-UG re-examination.
Mr. Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said astir channels connected the level are bots. “In Telegram, 1 relationship tin make 40 bots. In WhatsApp it’s 1 bot per user,” helium said, citing a Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) report. The study says that Telegram’s level is not competent capable to woody with the thing similar existent situation, dissimilar different akin messaging apps, the authorities submission noted.
He noted that the level operates done the cloud. “Those who perpetrate transgression cannot beryllium tracked”.
“Telegram has faced actions of panic activities by different countries. Other countries person besides instrumentality enactment connected the level owed to its usage which objectionable,” helium said, adding that the authorities has submitted a database of enactment taken against Telegram by different countries.
“The entie colonisation of a channel, astir a lakh, tin beryllium moved to different transmission successful seconds. This is uniquely to Telegram and poses a superior risk,” Mr. Mehta added.
The substance stems from the Centre’s impermanent suspension of Telegram amid concerns that organised cheating networks progressive successful the NEET-UG contention were utilizing the messaging app to circulate leaked oregon fabricated question papers and coordinate fraudulent activities.
The restrictions were issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology nether Section 69A of the Information Technology Act and volition stay successful unit until June 22. A abstracted absorption besides requires Telegram to disable the editing of antecedently sent messages until June 30.
