Blocking Notifications for Rogue Websites and Mobile Apps · 4-10/2025-DGT/4
DoT telecom statutory instrument 4-10/2025-DGT/4 · 07 Jul 2026
Official title
Blocking Notifications/instructions to Internet Service Licensees under court orders (Apr - Jun 2026)
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The Department of Telecommunications instructs all Internet Service Licensees to block access to 1,915 rogue websites, domains, and mobile application user interfaces. This action follows a Delhi High Court order in the case of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. v. https://soccerbox.me/ & Ors. The court granted an interim injunction to protect the plaintiff's exclusive broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Licensees must implement these blocking measures immediately to prevent unauthorized streaming and retransmission of content. The plaintiff will continue to identify and notify additional infringing platforms throughout the tournament. The Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology must ensure compliance by all service providers.
What you must do
- Block access to the specified list of 1,915 rogue websites, domains, and mobile application interfaces.
Key dates
- Date of the Delhi High Court order
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Source details
- Source
- Department of Telecommunications
- Type
- telecom statutory instrument
- Published by source
- 07 Jul 2026
- Document number
- 4-10/2025-DGT/4
- Issuing division
- Department of Telecommunications
- Coverage area
- telecom