Telangana HC admits plea against FIR based on online fact-check in cybercrime case

Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday admitted a writ petition challenging the registration of a FIR under the Information Technology Act against M Vinod Kumar, the petitioner. The petition questions the authority of the police to register an FIR based on a complaint that itself was based on a fact-check conducted by Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of the Alt News portal.