Bombay High Court strikes down fact-check rule, citing violation of free speech, ET LegalWorld
The Bombay High Court has struck down the 2023 amendments to the IT Rules, which empowered the Central government to establish Fact Check Units (FCUs). The decision was made by Justice Atul Chandurkar, who served as the ‘tie-breaker’ judge after a division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Dr Neela Gokhale delivered a split verdict […]
Bombay HC terms IT Rule on fact-check unit ‘ultra vires’, ET LegalWorld
The Bombay High Court has struck down an amendment to the information technology rules that granted the government authority to establish fact-check units (FCUs) to identify and flag false or misleading news about it on social media and online platforms. Justice AS Chandurkar of the high court on Friday held that Rule 3 of the […]