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The Centre has told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that the Fact Checking Unit (FCU) will not be notified until July 5.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo a member of the supreme court as the new Chief Justice to replace Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah who retires from the bench next month Justice Mrs Torkornoo if confirmed by parliament will become the third female Chief Justice in the…

The new IT Rules require platforms to remove content related to "any business" of the government deemed to be "fake or false or misleading" by a fact-checking agency of the government.

Profile and CV of Chief Justice nominee Justice Torkornoo

Users who routinely comment or engage with subjects relating to the Central Government’s business face potentially devastating consequences if the MeitY’s fact checking unit (FCU) is notified,...

Various press bodies, including the Indian Newspaper Society and the Editors Guild of India, have expressed deep concern over the legislation and its impact on the free press.

The new amendment to IT Rules 2022 prima facie lacks the necessary safeguards, the Bombay High Court observed on Monday in the plea filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.A division bench of Justices...

The bench, led by Justice Gautam S Patel, on Monday also remarked that the impugned rules did not seem to offer protection to fair criticism of the government through parody or satire.

The Centre defended the need for a fact-check unit before the Bombay HC in a plea filed by standup comedian Kunal Kamra.

Government seeks greater transparency and improved governance.Companies will have to capture the edit log of all changes