Banned Shein app, not its products: Centre to Delhi HC

Centre has told the Delhi High Court that Shein, the Chinese online retail brand for women’s clothing and accessories, was banned by it last year in the interest of India’s sovereignty and security of the State but a blanket order against the sale of its products on third-party platforms cannot be passed under the IT Act.

Stating that the Shein app was found to be detrimental to the national security issues and was thus blocked, the government however said that the sale of Shein’s products on a third-party platform is altogether a different aspect and is not covered under Section 69A.

“A blanket order for blocking sale of Shein products in other platforms/websites cannot be passed by the Committee constituted under section 69A of the IT Act, 2000,”