India News: The Delhi HC on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the new Information Technology rules on digital news media. A bench of C
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre s Response On Plea Challenging New IT Rules Delhi High Court Seeks Centre s Response On Plea Challenging New IT Rules The plea said it has profound and serious harms for digital news media, like the petitioner, and destructive of their rights.
The Delhi High Court bench issued notices to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the centre s response on a plea challenging the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which seeks to regulate digital news media.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notices to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Ministry of Information and Technology, and granted them time to file their response.
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Though the race for a new umbrella entity (NUE) licence from the Reserve Bank of India includes consortia led by Amazon, Tata and Reliance,
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Also in today’s letter: Govt gets court notice on new IT rules
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Why The Wire Wants the New IT Rules Struck Down
Synopsis of the petition moved in the Delhi high court by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire.
File photo of information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PTI/File
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On Tuesday, the Delhi high court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of
The Wire, which pleads that the governmentâs new Information Technology (IT) Rules which seek to dictate content to digital news media platforms go beyond the scope of what is permissible under the IT Act and need to be struck down.