Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

A court in India has ordered the blocking of the encrypted E -Mail provider -Proton email across the country.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Karnataka instructed the Indian government, Proton Mail, a popular email service, which is known for its extended security, was submitted to a legal complaint in New Delhi. The local company claimed that its employees had received e -mails with obscene and vulgar content that were sent by Proton Mail.

In A The hearing on YouTube was streamed on TuesdayJustice M Nagaprasanna ordered the Indian government to “block proton mail and take into account the observations within the framework of the order” in accordance with the 2008 information technology law.

In his Complaint The company in New Delhi, submitted in January, called for the regulation or blocking of Proton Mail in India, since the e-mail service refused to share details about the sender of the supposedly insulting emails despite a police complaint.

The additional Attorney General Aravind Kamath, who represents the Indian government, had previously told the High Court that the government could play a limited role in answering the petent’s concerns, and suggested that criminal courts could obtain the necessary information from Swiss authorities because the petent had submitted a complaint.

The block of Proton Mail is not yet effective, based on the checks of Techcrunch by Proton Mails website in India. TechCrunch contacted Proton Mail for a comment and updates this story when we hear.

This is the most recent legal dispute that faces protonic emails in India. The second decision in so many years to block the encrypted E -Mail service from the country.

Last year the police authority in the southern state had Tamil Nadu tried to block Proton Mail, after the E -Mail service was used to send joke bomb threads to local schools. The IT Ministry of the Indian government reported that the Internet providers reported to block protoning mail at the request of law enforcement. The Swiss federal authorities intervened to prevent The blocking of the protons email effect.

“The blocking of the access to Proton Mail only prevents laws from being communicated safely and does not prevent cybercriminal threats from sending with another email service, especially if the perpetrators are outside of India,” said Proton at that time.

Nevertheless in October 2024 the Supreme Court of Delhi asked State Police and the Ministry of the Interior of the Indian government to examine the alleged use of proton mail across the country. Kamath, the additional Attorney General, had assured Karnataka’s Supreme Court that he would examine the observations of the Delhi Supreme Court to use Proton Mail in India.