S.Muthukumar, v. The Telecom Regulatory

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 30.06.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE A.D.MARIA CLETE S.Muthukumar ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Mahanagar Door Sanchar Bhawan, (Next to Zakir Husain College), Jawaharlal Nehru Marge (Old Minto Road), New Delhi-110 002.

2.The Secretary, Union of India, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Sanchar Bhawan, No.20, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001.

3.The Secretary, Ministry of Telecom of Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

4.The District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai.

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5.The Commissioner of Police, Madurai City Police, Madurai.

6.Raj Mishra 7.The Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003. 8.The Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.

9.M/s.Bytedance (India) Technology Private Limited, Registered Office : 1/12, Floor 10, Everest Pandit Madan Mohan Maluviya Marg, Tardeo, Mumbai-400034.

...Respondents

(R7 & R8 are suo motu impleaded vide Court order dated 16.04.2019) (R9 is suo motu impleaded vide Court order dated 24.04.2019) PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 5 to take appropriate actions against the 6th respondent and his men and ban the Tik Tok mobile app which was containing degrading culture and encouraging pornography besides causing pedophiles and explicit disturbing content, social stigma and medical health issue between teens and take necessary action by considering the petitioner's representation dated 24.02.2019 within a time frame to be stipulated by this Court. 2/5

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Neelamegam For R1 to R3 : Mr.C.Nanda Gopal For R4 : Mr.P.Thilak Kumar, Government Pleader For R5 : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor For R6 : Ms.Suhaan Mukerji, for M/s.Isaac Chambers

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.) Today (30.06.2025), when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the 5th respondent would submit that the grievance of the petitioner has already been redressed. Thus, this Writ Petition is closed. No costs.

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To 1.The District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Madurai City Police, Madurai.

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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

AND DR.A.D.MARIA CLETE, J.

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