The High Court in Karnataka published a full written version of its judgment on May 29, 2025, noting that the courts could not remain “muted viewers”. File | Photo Credit: Hind
The Karnataka High Court, which ordered the Union’s government to block the post office in India last month, released a full written version of its judgment on Thursday (May 29, 2025), remarking that the courts could not remain “muted viewers” when such a platform became a “threat”. His order was in response to the complaint that Proton refused to help identify users sexually harass the woman through the Swiss e-mail platform.
Despite ordering 29 April, Proton Mail is still easily accessible in most India. Karan Saini, a security researcher who has developed a tool to detect websites blocking by various Internet service providers, Hindu said that on Thursday (May 29, 2025), most Internet services seemed to block Proton Mail.
The text of the complete judgment shows that K. Arvind Kamath, another Indian general lawyer who represented the Union’s government in this case, did not return to the court right to block Proton mail. However, he stated that such orders “require adherence to procedures and balance of bilateral relations between the two countries”. After a complaint last year, the Swiss bodies allegedly dealt with the Union’s government named Proton.
The High Court ordered the Government of the Union to “initiate proceedings in terms of section 69a of the Act on Information Technology (Change) of 2008 R/W Rule 10 of information technology (procedure and guarantees for blocking access).
“Undermining the privacy of women, integrity”
The order came in response to a petition submitted by Moser Design Associates, a company based in Bengalur, which stated that it received more e-mails from an anonymous Proton Mail account aimed at a manager in the company. The judgment described the first e -mail from an anonymous account as “obscene, offensive, vulgar, sexually colored, derogatory and slanderous notes regarding one of the female executives”.
While the E -mail ID was reduced after Moser Design complained about Proton, another account sent a similarly obscene e -mail in the same week. Even after formal complaints at the Proton Mail police, he did not provide any details that could lead to an individual or individual’s individual. E -mail platforms reproduced in order stated that Proton will only be able to act on a formal request to enforce law from India.
“The courts cannot remain muted by viewers when they face such a threat that undermines the privacy and integrity of women, in particular,” he said.
Swiss
Proton AG, which operates an e -mail platform, said last year in the post that the Swiss authorities were blocked for its Zaficial recommendation to block the Nadu to block Proton Mail in India. This year, Proton Mail also updated this blog post after the High Court declared its judgment and stated that the Swiss authorities involved the Indian government.
However, Marc Løebekken, the head of the legal proton, told the Hindes that this was a wrong statement because the update concerned the discussions that the Swiss representatives with India last year. The blog was eventually changed. Mr. Løebekken said Hindu 10 May that the company was waiting to be published in full.
Proton spokesman did not respond to the request for comment after the court order was issued. The company was not represented at the Supreme Court in Karnataka.
Obstacles to jurisdiction
“The investigation, albeit serious, was trying, ran against the wall of international jurisdiction and encryption,” the court said. “The Hamstrung state machines, if the absence of enforceable cooperation from Proton AG and the lack of server in its jurisdiction, submitted its helplessness in the form of a report.”
The Court of Justice, which ordered blocking, said that the proton “undoubtedly does not reach the obligations stipulated under Indian law”, he added that “the company” inactivity and opacity will affect digital responsibility and encourage harmful “.
Published – May 29, 2025 23:49
