Provisions of the government's new Information Technology Rules for news publishers that deal with a code of ethics have been put on hold by the Bombay High Court which said the requirements violated freedom of speech.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court has stayed adherence to two clauses of Rule 9 of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, while refusing to stay the rule in its entirety.
Mumbai, August 14
The Bombay High Court on Saturday ordered an interim stay to the operation of clauses 9 (1) and 9 (3) of the new Information Technology Rules, 2021, for digital media pertaining to
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