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According to the new IT rules, any online content that the ministry-appointed fact-checking body marks as “fake or misleading” will have to be taken down by online intermediaries if they wish to retain legal immunity against third-party content.
The petition articulates several grounds to challenge it as arbitrary, unreasonable and aimed against well-settled Constitutional principles.
The petition stated that unless the court granted interim relief of staying such Rules, the same will cause "grave and irreparable harm, injury and prejudice" to the petitioner and other citizens of India.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking direction to quash the Rule 2 (2) of the 'Lead Stabilizer in Polyvinyl Chloride Pipes and Fittings Rules, 2021' enacted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change through notification on March 30, 2021.
The First Bench which granted time to the central government to file its counter, posted the matter for hearing after 15 days