Indian Polity · Polity
Any proposal to impose a blanket statutory ban on minors' access to social media platforms in India would primarily be examined by constitutional courts on the touchstone of:
- 1The proportionality standard integrating Articles 14, 19(1)(a), and 21, including the necessity of adopting the least restrictive means✓
- 2The exclusive application of Article 19(2) read with Parliament's residuary legislative power under Article 248, dispensing with proportionality analysis
- 3The State's parens patriae power under Article 15(3), which constitutionally immunises child-protection measures from fundamental rights scrutiny
- 4The doctrine of political question, insulating legislative choices on digital governance from judicial review
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The proportionality standard integrating Articles 14, 19(1)(a), and 21, including the necessity of adopting the least restrictive means
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