The petitions filed by Carnatic music singer T M Krishna, Digital News Publishers of India, former Editor of The Hindu, N Ram and a senior journalist sought to declare the recently notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, as ultra vires of the Constitution and the parent Information Technology Act, passed in 2000.
The Madras High Court today granted 10 more days to the Centre to file its counter-affidavit in response to a batch of PILs or pleas challenging the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
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