In a big
relief against draconian IT Rules 2021, Kerala High court has said that new IT Rules 2021 violates Article 14 of the Constitution on
equality before law and Article 19 on the right of freedom to practice any
profession, according to petitioner News Broadcasters Association (NBA).
Delivering
its judgement, on the petition filed by the NBA, the court has passed an
interim order and ruled that “no coercive action” can be taken against NBA over
non compliance with IT rules.
The NBA, in
its petitition, had stated that the new rules give government authorities excessive
power to unreasonably regulate content of digital news media. The NBA filed a writ petition in the High
Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines &
Digital Media Ethics Code).
(An independent pvt. initiative)
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