Bombay High Court to pass order on interim stay of new IT Rules on Saturday

The Bombay High Court reserved its interim order and decided to pronounce the verdict on Saturday on the plea demanding an interim stay of the recently notified IT Rules.

The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its interim order on the plea challenging the recently notified Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). The High Court will pronounce the verdict on Saturday at 5:30 pm. A lengthy discussion had ensued on Friday when a news portal and a journalist claimed that the new IT Rules are contrary to the fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and are ultra vires to the Information Technology (IT) Act.