"If Effect Unconstitutional, It Has To Go": Court On IT Rules Petition
NDTV
The Bombay High Court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the recently amended Information Technology Rules that empower the Centre to identify fake news against the government on social media.
The Bombay High Court remarked today that no matter how laudable or high the motives are while framing rules, if the effect of a rule or law is unconstitutional, then it has to go.
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also noted that the Union government was silent as to why an amendment was required now to the Information Technology Rules to identify and act against fake news.
The bench was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the recently amended Information Technology Rules that empower the Centre to identify fake news against the government on social media.
