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'The rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict, and we can’t go beyond the laws of a country,' the Twitter owner told BBC's James Clayton, when asked about the take downs.
The petition articulates several grounds to challenge it as arbitrary, unreasonable and aimed against well-settled Constitutional principles.
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the recent amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules 2021).
The one time the media in India did experience direct censorship was during the Emergency. Now, a government-appointed committee has the power to label information as “fake”, “false” or “misleading” and ask them to be taken down.
The issues posed by the amendment are a unique legal development. Indian courts have not yet substantively dealt with legal cases where online speech of private citizens is sought to be controlled by the government in this way.