NEW DELHI: The Bombay excessive court docket on Friday struck down the amended Data Know-how (IT) Guidelines, which proposed motion towards faux content material concerning the authorities, calling it “unconstitutional”.
The choice was delivered by Justice AS Chandurkar, who was appointed because the third decide after a break up verdict by a division bench in January 2023.
“I’m of the opinion that it violates Articles 14 and 19 of the Structure,” Justice Chandurkar stated whereas studying out the judgment, in response to the Bar and Bench.
The IT Modification Guidelines, 2023, launched adjustments to the Data Know-how (Middleman Tips and Digital Media Ethics Code) Guidelines, 2021. A key provision below Rule 3 empowered the central authorities to ascertain Truth-Test Items (FCUs) tasked with figuring out false or faux information concerning the authorities circulating on social media and on-line platforms.
On March 20, 2023, the Centre notified a fact-checking unit below the Press Data Bureau (PIB) to supervise and monitor on-line content material associated to the federal government for accuracy.
A number of petitions have been filed difficult these amendments, together with one by comic Kunal Kamra, which particularly contested Rule 3’s grant of authority to the central authorities to kind these FCUs.
The choice was delivered by Justice AS Chandurkar, who was appointed because the third decide after a break up verdict by a division bench in January 2023.
“I’m of the opinion that it violates Articles 14 and 19 of the Structure,” Justice Chandurkar stated whereas studying out the judgment, in response to the Bar and Bench.
The IT Modification Guidelines, 2023, launched adjustments to the Data Know-how (Middleman Tips and Digital Media Ethics Code) Guidelines, 2021. A key provision below Rule 3 empowered the central authorities to ascertain Truth-Test Items (FCUs) tasked with figuring out false or faux information concerning the authorities circulating on social media and on-line platforms.
On March 20, 2023, the Centre notified a fact-checking unit below the Press Data Bureau (PIB) to supervise and monitor on-line content material associated to the federal government for accuracy.
A number of petitions have been filed difficult these amendments, together with one by comic Kunal Kamra, which particularly contested Rule 3’s grant of authority to the central authorities to kind these FCUs.
