AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday upheld the state government's decision to impose a week-long mobile internet ban last month when riots broke out on August 25 following the arrest of Hardik Patel, the leader of the Patidar reservation stir.

The court turned down a PIL filed by law student Gaurav Vyas, who had challenged the blocking of mobile internet services on the ground that it violated fundamental rights. Vyas had also questioned the city police commissioner's invocation of CrPC's Section 144 (power to issue orders in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) to restrain mobile internet services.