The Gujarat High Court has upheld the ban on Mobile Internet imposed during the Patel quota agitation in the state. A Division bench of Justices Jayant Patel and N.V. Anjaria said “Rioting had taken place at various places and the State would be zealous to control the same by applying all modes available in law”.

A Law student, had approached the High Court by filing a Public Interest Litigation seeking to declare that the blocking/banning access to Mobile Internet Services during the Patel agitation as void ab initio, ultra vires and unconstitutional. The petitioner had also sought for restraining of the respondent-State and its officers from imposing a complete or partial ban, blocking access to Internet Mobile/Broadband Services in the State of Gujarat.