No relief to digital news portals as Delhi HC refuses to stay new IT Rules

The vacation bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Subramonium Prasad refused to stay the Centre’s May 28 notice asking digital news portals to comply with the new IT Rules.

The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to stay the Centre’s May 28 notice asking digital news portals to comply with the new IT Rules 2021, saying it was not inclined to grant any interim relief to the petitioners. The vacation bench led by Justices C Hari Shankar and Subramonium Prasad said the recent notice is only for the implementation of the rules, and the petitioners have not been able to get a stay against the rules from the roster bench.