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Centre seeks transfer of pleas challenging IT Rules from high courts to Supreme Court

By | Written by Karan Manral, New Delhi
Jul 06, 2021 07:54 PM IST

In an application in the Supreme Court, the central government mentioned that pleas challenging IT Rules have been moved in high courts such as Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Kerala.

The Union government on Tuesday filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking transfer to the top court of all the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, filed in high courts across the country.

A file picture of the Supreme Court (HT Photos)
A file picture of the Supreme Court (HT Photos)

In its transfer petition in the Supreme Court, the Centre said petitions against the IT Rules have been moved in high courts like Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Kerala, adding that only the apex court should adjudicate the issue. In the Madras high court, for example, petitions have been filed by the Digital News Publishers Association (DNP), comprising 13 media outlets, along with senior journalist Mukund Padmanabhan seeking that the court declare that the rules are in violation of fundamental rights granted by the Constitution.

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The IT rules were notified on February 5 and social media platforms, online publishers, as well over the top (OTT) platforms were given three months, or till May 25, to comply with various norms under the rules. These include a quicker takedown of contentious content, appointing a local grievance officer to deal with content flagged by authorities etc.

The government is engaged in a faceoff with Twitter, which, it alleges, has failed to comply with the IT Rules, filing an affidavit in the Delhi high court on July 5 in this regard. "Despite three months being granted to all the significant social media intermediaries, Twitter has failed to fully comply," the Centre mentioned in the affidavit.

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In a hearing on Tuesday, the Delhi high court took Twitter to task for not appointing a resident grievance officer, directing it to inform the court in two days regarding its compliance with the requirements.

(with PTI inputs)

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