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The court also questioned who will fact-check the Fact Check Unit (FCU) that is to be set up under the amended Rules.

A division bench comprising Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale said it does not comprehend the necessity for the amendments

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also said it still does not understand the need behind the amendment to the Rules and stated it finds it difficult that one authority of the government is given absolute power to decide what is fake, false, and mis...

Bombay High Court said the recently amended IT Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules regarding fake content on social media against the government "may be excessive", and one should not "bring a hammer to kill an ant."

The Bombay High Court on Friday orally remarked that the government itself is a participant in the democracy who has to answer citizens’ doubts about itself, and thus the power of the Centre’s fact...

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also said it still does not understand the need behind the amendment to the Rules and stated

A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale sought to know what constitutes a government business under the amended rules as it referred to the recent political developments in Maharashtra where one party is moving to the other.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the recently-amended Information Technology rules that empower the Centre to act against fake, false and misleading information on social media was "sort of a diktat" as it does not give an opportunity to justify or defend the content. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale sought to know what constitutes a government

The Court also pointed out instances where legal portals put out information on court hearings on social media handles and asked if that would also be termed as misleading by the FCU.