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Madras HC issues notice to Centre on TM Krishna’s petition against IT rules
June 10, 2021
Impugned Rules offend my rights as an artist and cultural commentator, says musician in affidavit
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Centre on a writ petition filed by Carnatic musician TM Krishna seeking a direction to declare the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules of 2021 as ultra vires to both the Constitution of India and the IT Act 2000.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the petitioner s counsel Suhrith Parthasarathy to serve the papers on Additional Solicitor General R. Sankaranarayanan to enable the Centre to file its counter affidavit within three weeks.
Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna has moved the Madras High Court challenging the centre's new digital media rules - the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules of 2021 - as "unconstitutional"
DNPA waiting for a discussion with government, will not submit IT Rules compliance details
The government had issued forms for digital news publishers to furnish information under Rule 18 of the IT Rules seeking details on the grievance redressal mechanism. They were given 15 days to respond to it, which ends on June 10 Mumbai, June 10, 2021
Members of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) will not submit the form to furnish details of their compliance to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, as they are still waiting to have a discussion with the government. The last date to submit the form is Thursday, June 10.