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While Justice Gautam Patel ruled in favour of the petitioners and struck down the provision, Justice Neela Gokhale dismissed the petitions.
The Bench reserved its verdict in petitions filed by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and others challenging the introduction of Fact-Check Units through the amended IT Rules, 2023.
An intermediary can either take down the fake or false part, or, depending upon the nature of the content, put a disclaimer on content that is flagged by FCUs, SG Mehta said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the rules do not prohibit any express of opinion or critical analysis against government but is only intended to rein in false news.
The Uttarakhand High Court last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea 'IN LIMINE' which challenged the vires of new amendment to Information Technology Rules [Rule - 3 (i) (II) (C) of...