The report uses state level data to investigate economic impacts, across various states in India, of mobile-only and mobile-plus-fixed-line shutdowns.

m. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Nakul Nayak, Raja Venkata Krishna Dandamudi, Sarvjeet Singh & Veda Handa, Rising Internet Shutdowns in India: A Legal Analysis (Indian Journal of Law and Technology, forthcoming 2021)

The article examines internet shutdowns against the three requirements of Article 19(2) of the Indian Constitution – legality, legitimacy and reasonableness. After examining the legal framework as well as various judgments & orders rendered in the Indian context, the article concludes by identifying the factors that courts should use in evaluating the constitutional validity of internet shutdowns.