The HC was hearing a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism which said that the new IT Rules issued by the government on February 25 are palpably illegal.
The plea said it has profound and serious harms for digital news media, like the petitioner, and destructive of their rights (File image used for representation)
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.
A bench of Chief Justice D N 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.
The high court was hearing a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism which said that the new IT Rules issued by the government on February 25 are palpably illegal in seeking to control and regulate digital news media when the parent statue IT Act nowhere provides for such a remit.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel was hearing the petition filed by Foundation for Independent Journalist , a trust which owns The Wire , Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The News Minute Dhanya Rajendran and Founding Editor of The Wire MK Venu.
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,
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma believes his consortium has the edge as it includes a diverse set of companies.
In an interview with ET, Sharma said the Paytm-led NUE could focus on creating national payment networks in the space of transit, remittance and business payments among merchants.
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