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A Division Bench of Justices Manmohan and Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the MeitY committee to giver the order copy to one Tanul Thakur, the owner and creator of a website named ‘Dowry Calculator, which was blocked.

The Supreme Court Monday stayed further proceedings before the high courts in matters involving challenges to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021

Supreme Court restrains high courts from proceeding in pleas challenging IT rules

"We are not touching any interim orders today...we will see on May 19, 2022," the bench said.

Meta-owned WhatsApp said that it banned over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of March in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.

India's democracy is dying in bright daylight because the media is under siege.

WhatsApp has reported having banned around 18 lakh bad user accounts across the country in March, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.

WhatsApp bans 18 lakh Indian accounts in March in compliance with new IT Rules 2021

The channels were blocked for allegedly spreading disinformation on India’s national security, foreign relations and public order.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the blocked channels referred to the members of a particular community as 'terrorists' and incited hatred among various religious communities.