Block Proton Mail, Karnataka High Court tells Central government
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government authorities to take action under the Information Technology Act 2000 and block Proton Mail in India.
Justice M Nagaprasanna heard the petition filed by a company named M Moser Design Associates India Private Ltd that vulgar emails about its employee were sent using Proton Mail to other employees and the company's clients.
The judge said that, until the Centre implemented the measures, the offending Uniform Resource Locators (URL) indicated in the petitions would be blocked.
The company had asked the HC to issue a direction to the Centre to prohibit the use of Proton Mail in the country, adding that the servers operated outside India and claimed to be beyond the limits of Indian legislation. It also said that mails with inappropriate content, including AI-generated images, about a senior employee were sent to other staff members and business contacts of the company.
The petitioner told the court that an FIR had been filed in November 2024 but as police investigation had proved to be inadequate, legal help was sought.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aravind Kamath represented the Central government during the hearing on Tuesday while advocate Jatin Sehgal argued on behalf of the petitioner.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
