Mobile Internet services have been restored in the Kashmir valley after 17 days, reports Press Trust of India. Services were cut in over 10 districts on July 9 after security forces killed militant Burhan Wani which sparked widespread protests and violence. This is the longest period where mobile Internet was banned since September 2015 when services were snapped for a week in Gujarat following the Patidar agitation. During the period, all private telecom companies in Jammu and Kashmir were asked to block both Internet and voice services for a day “as a precautionary measure” to curb "anti-national elements from spreading any misinformation" Other bans in Internet in Jammu and Kashmir include: - Mobile Internet services were cut off in Jammu and neighbouring districts following violent protests in the region over a temple descration in June. - Internet services were suspended in five districts in Kashmir in April due to protests over the death of 4 people in clashes with the security forces. - In September 2015, Jammu and Kashmir had suspended Internet services for two days following apprehensions of violence in the state in light of the beef ban in the state. In February, the Supreme Court of India upheld the districts and states’ right to ban mobile Internet services for maintaining law and order in February. The bench said: “it becomes very necessary sometimes for law and order.” Typically bans such as this are enforced under Section 144 of the CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code) which allows local law administration to ban unlawful assembly and justify short bans on Internet services UN resolution on Internet…
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