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The Bombay High Court will pronounce on December 1, 2023 its judgement on a clutch of petitions challenging the Rule 3(i)(II)(C) of the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 enabling a government established Fact...

The Bench reserved its verdict in petitions filed by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and others challenging the introduction of Fact-Check Units through the amended IT Rules, 2023.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the rules do not prohibit any express of opinion or critical analysis against government but is only intended to rein in false news.

The Solicitor General representing the Ministry of Electronics and IT on Tuesday clarified that an intermediary must either pull down information flagged by the government’s Fact Check Unit or put a...

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday wondered why the amendment to Information Technology Rules, 2021 providing for a government Fact Check Unit (FCU) is required when the FCU cannot compel social media...

Under the recently amended IT Rules, content marked by the Fact Check Unit as ‘fake or misleading’ will have to be taken down by online intermediaries if they wish to enjoy legal immunity against third-party content.

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 Thursday expressed concerns about the distinction between online and print media under the amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 which empower a government fact-checking unit (FCU)...

The Bombay High Court on Friday wondered if there was any protection for editors or editorial content under the new Information Technology Rules 2021 and rhetorically asked the petitioner’s counsel if...

No matter how laudable or high the motives behind introducing a law are, if the effect is unconstitutional, then it has to go, the Court observed.