$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4917/2025 and CM APPLs.22582/2025, 22583/2025 X .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Siddharth Srivastava, Mr. Saurav Sharma, Ms. Khushi Gupta and Mr. Sidak S. Kalra, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, CGSC, Mr. Hussain Taqvi, GP and Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Mr. Jatin Dhamija and Mr. Vinayak Aren, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA % 21.05.2025 O R D E R 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by the fact that some of her explicit images, which have been stored on cloud storage platform ‘Mega Cloud’ for safekeeping have been uploaded on various pornographic websites on account of a massive data breach of the said cloud platform. 2. It is submitted that on 15.03.2025, the petitioner received a message on her Reddit account informing her that the said images were being circulated in an anonymous Telegram group. The petitioner thereafter sought to conduct a search across the internet to identify all the websites and online locations where the images were being circulated. A list of websites where the images have been uploaded are appended as Annexure-2 to the present writ petition. 3. On 17.04.2025, notice was issued to the Union of India (UOI). This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 20:41:32 Learned Standing Counsel was requested to take instructions as to the methodology for redressing the grievance of the petitioner. 4. This Court notes that the learned Standing Counsel has acted with alacrity and has obtained requisite instructions to redress the grievance of the petitioner. It is submitted as under: (i) Although there are technical limitations in blocking the specific web-pages / URLs referred to by the petitioner, it is technically possible for the entire website to be blocked by Internet Service Provider Licensee (ISP Licensee). (ii) Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent also points out that if the petitioner is able to conduct a trace route of the webserver hosting the websites, the owner of the webserver can be directed to stop the transmission of the content in terms of the relevant provisions of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 (IT Act) so that the content would be blocked from the source itself. 5. In the circumstances the following directions are issued : (i) The respondent / Department of Telecommunications is directed to issue instructions to the concerned ISP licensees to block the websites, on which the offending webpages, as set out in Annexure-2 are hosted. (ii) The petitioner is at liberty to conduct a trace route of the webserver hosting the websites and communicate the same to the concerned authority whereupon the concerned authority would take the requisite steps to prevent the webserver from transmitting the offending content. 6. No further orders are required to be passed in the present petition. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 20:41:32 7. The same is accordingly, disposed of. Pending applications also stand disposed of. SACHIN DATTA, J MAY 21, 2025/cl This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 20:41:32