After third judge’s decision, Bombay HC formally strikes down Centre’s amended IT rules

MUMBAI: After the third judge’s decision, the Bombay High Court on Thursday formally struck down the amended Information Technology Rules aimed at identifying and regulating fake and false content on social media against the government, and termed them as “unconstitutional”.

On September 20, a single bench of Justice A S Chandurkar held that the amended rules being vague and broad had the potential of causing a chilling effect not only on an individual, but also on the social media intermediary.