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20.The Government of India cannot be heard to say that agencies will carry on their business operations in the territory of India but would remain outside the reach of its law enforcement. The preambular declaration is that the people of India had solemnly constituted India into a Sovereign Republic. A sovereign has certain attributes, one of which is that those who are within its territorial limits shall abide by its commands.

21.When a citizen of Spain wanted certain references in internet to be deleted, he was asserting what has now come to be known as "Right to be Forgotten". When Google resisted, it was ultimately made to comply with the laws of the region by the European Court of Justice in Google Spain Vs. Agencia Espanola. There are several nations in the world which have errected a firewall in the national borders of the information highway. India is a flourishing democracy. We have reiterated that privacy is a fundamental right. There is a robust regulatory frame work. The authorities cannot act in arbitrary manner. In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015)5 SCC 1, the Hon'ble Supreme Court while striking down Section 66-A of IT Act, 2000 upheld the constitutional validity of Section 69-A and the Information Technology (Procedure and Safegaurds for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009. Section 79 of the Act relating to intermediaries was also sustained by reading down Section 79 (3)(b) of the Act. The IT (intermediary guide lines) Rules 2011 were also upheld in the same manner by reading down Rule 3(4). Therefore, there can be no apprehension that there will be violation of the privacy rights of the citizens or that there will be a surveillance State if the service providers are brought within the regulatory framework.