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In a democratic process, the court said, the govt is as much a participant as a citizen is and hence a citizen has the fundamental right to question and demand answers and govt is duty-bound to respond
The court also questioned who will fact-check the Fact Check Unit (FCU) that is to be set up under the amended Rules.
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also said it still does not understand the need behind the amendment to the Rules and stated
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the recently-amended Information Technology rules that empower the Centre to act against fake, false and misleading information on social media was "sort of a diktat" as it does not give an opportunity to justify or defend the content. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale sought to know what constitutes a government
No matter how laudable or high the motives behind introducing a law are, if the effect is unconstitutional, then it has to go, the Court observed.