SC rejects plea against Centre, ISPs for blocking entire websites

The Supreme Court has refused to hear a plea challenging the move of the Centre and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs), over their decision to block websites in order to prevent piracy of commercial content. In his petition to the SC, petitioner Jiten Kumar Jain alleged that the decision to block websites was both "arbitrary and unjustified". A bench of justices comprising KS Radhakrishnan and Deepak Mishra refused to hear Jain's plea and asked him to approach the High Court, leading to Jain withdrawing his plea. Click here for full story