blocking directions

blocking directions had been issued under Rule 8(6) and Rule 9(2) of the IT Rules, 2009.

Rule 8(6) provides that the “Designated Officer, on approval of the request by the Secretary, Department of Information Technology, shall direct any agency of the Government or the intermediary to block the offending information generated, transmitted, received, stored or hosted in their computer resource for public access within the time limit specified in the direction.”