India, June 17 -- A day after a temporary restriction was announced by the MeitY, messaging platform Telegram has approached the Delhi High Court (HC) to challenge the decision.

According to a Live Law report, the matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justice Tejas Karia, which agreed to hear the case later today.

For context, the Centre's decision to temporarily restrict access to the platform in India till June 22 ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21. The decision was taken following recommendations from the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Since then, the Telegram app has been removed from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store in India. While existing users were initially able to access th...