Regulatory Hotline
October 30, 2020
India Takes a Tough Stand on Neighbouring Apps

SUMMARY

The Indian Government in an unprecedented move, recently blocked 224 mobile applications (apps) offered by Chinese developers from access and download by users in India. This took place through blocking orders issued by the Government between June and September. Some of the blocked apps include renowned apps such as Helo, TikTok, SHAREit, UC Browser, Club Factory, WeChat and Shein. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India via its press releases, informed the public of the blocking of the apps.

Since this development, most of the apps listed in the press releases have been taken down from mobile app stores. In this article, Aaron Kamath and Vivek Kathpalia analyze the legal and regulatory framework under which the Indian Government issued blocking orders for select Chinese developed apps.

The article is published by The National Law Review and can be accessed here.

 

– Aaron Kamath & Vivek Kathpalia

You can direct your queries or comments to the authors

 

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Regulatory Hotline

October 30, 2020

India Takes a Tough Stand on Neighbouring Apps

SUMMARY

The Indian Government in an unprecedented move, recently blocked 224 mobile applications (apps) offered by Chinese developers from access and download by users in India. This took place through blocking orders issued by the Government between June and September. Some of the blocked apps include renowned apps such as Helo, TikTok, SHAREit, UC Browser, Club Factory, WeChat and Shein. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India via its press releases, informed the public of the blocking of the apps.

Since this development, most of the apps listed in the press releases have been taken down from mobile app stores. In this article, Aaron Kamath and Vivek Kathpalia analyze the legal and regulatory framework under which the Indian Government issued blocking orders for select Chinese developed apps.

The article is published by The National Law Review and can be accessed here.

 

– Aaron Kamath & Vivek Kathpalia

You can direct your queries or comments to the authors

 

Disclaimer

The contents of this hotline should not be construed as legal opinion. View detailed disclaimer.

This Hotline provides general information existing at the time of preparation. The Hotline is intended as a news update and Nishith Desai Associates neither assumes nor accepts any responsibility for any loss arising to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of any material contained in this Hotline. It is recommended that professional advice be taken based on the specific facts and circumstances. This Hotline does not substitute the need to refer to the original pronouncements.

This is not a Spam mail. You have received this mail because you have either requested for it or someone must have suggested your name. Since India has no anti-spamming law, we refer to the US directive, which states that a mail cannot be considered Spam if it contains the sender's contact information, which this mail does. In case this mail doesn't concern you, please unsubscribe from mailing list.

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