The Bombay High Court, by a 2:1 majority on Thursday, formally struck down amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, which had allowed the Cent

In a setback to the Centre, the Bombay High Court on Thursday (September 26, 2024) passed a judgement ‘formally’ striking down the amended Information Technology Rules, 2023 and called it “unconstitutional”.

Justices AS Gadkari and Neela Gokhale delivered the verdict, branding the amendments to IT Rules as unconstitutional and a threat to free speech.

The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Centre's FCU rule is unconstitutional. This amendment to the IT Rules aimed to identify fake information abou

Justice Chandurkar had served as the tie-breaker judge after a division bench issued a split verdict on the matter earlier this year

After giving his deciding opinion, the tie-breaker judge had said all the petitions would be placed before a division bench to pronounce the majority verdict on the FCU set up to identify 'fake news'.