New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a petition moved by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) challenging the delay in deciding its appeal against the permanent disabling of its official Delhi Instagram account. Justice Amit Mahajan is scheduled to hear the matter on September 24.

SFI has approached the High Court against the Central Government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) and Meta Platforms Inc., alleging that its appeal against the blocking of its Instagram account has remained pending beyond the timeline prescribed under the Information Technology Rules, 2021.

According to the petition, Instagram permanently disabled the SFI Delhi account, @SfiDelhi, on July 5, 2026, stating that it...