The Latest Breaking News from Gautam Patel

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in petitions challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the central government to establish fact-check units to identify “fake news” about itself on social media and order its take down, Livelaw reported.

Bombay High Court dismisses suit challenging Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin's leadership of Dawoodi Bohra Community, focusing on proof, not faith.

Bombay High Court delivers split verdict on petitions challenging amended IT Rules dealing with fake news on social media.

The Bombay High Court has again deferred its verdict in petitions challenging the IT amendment rules, which allowed the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, LiveLaw reported.

The Bombay High Court has deferred its verdict in petitions challenging the IT amendment rules, which allowed the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, until January 15, LiveLaw reported.

The HC found ECI's decision to not hold a by-poll in Pune due to other polls and prep for 2024 LS polls "hardly tenable". Petitioner claimed constituents had no voice in Parliament due to delay in dev projects & not conducting by-polls violated right of electorate.

The new IT Rules gives the government “unfettered power” in absence of any “guidelines and guardrails”, the Bombay High Court observed on Tuesday, while hearing petitions challenging the amendments, NDTV reported.

Hearing a bunch of petitions against the amended Information Technology Rules, the Bombay high court has reportedly observed that if the effect of a rule or law is unconstitutional then it has to go – no matter how laudable or high the motives are.