Delhi HC orders immediate ban on shadow libraries in India

Delhi HC orders immediate ban on shadow libraries in India

The Delhi High Court has ordered the immediate ban of shadow libraries like Sci-Hub and Libgen in India.

The court has directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to take action within 24 hours.

The case against these platforms was filed by a group of publishers, including Elsevier, Wiley Periodicals, and the American Chemical Society, in 2020.