[joshuaissac]

Because Sci-Hub is defending this case in court (unlike in some other cases where they ignored proceedings), so ignoring the court order to pause adding new papers would hurt their chances of winning.

[sleavey]

Interesting. I figured they would continue not to engage with any governments. Do you know why they chose to take part in this court case?

[unmole]

Possibly because Indian courts previously ruled that making photocopies of textbooks for educational purposes is fair use under copyright law: https://selvams.com/blog/breakthrough-indian-copyright-law/