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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court<\/a> on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre on a plea challenging the newly enforced Information Technology<\/a> Rules, 2021 which says that requirements of placing restrictions on freedom of speech and expression are not met and are therefore unconstitutional and should be struck down accordingly.
The Plea seeks direction to the Central government to hold that the grounds of defamation and invasion of another's privacy is libellous as the manner in which rule (3)(1)(b)(ii) of the Information Technology<\/a> (Intermediary Guidelines<\/a> and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 is laid out does not meet the requirements of placing restrictions on freedom of speech and expression and therefore are unconstitutional to be either struck down or read down on that basis as is considered appropriate.
The Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the Union of India and other concern ministries and slated the matter for further hearing on April 16.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines<\/a> and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette on February 25.
The Petitioner, Sanjay Singh, a practising lawyer, through the plea sought a direction to hold that the grounds of unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, preventing investigation of any offence, insulting other nations as the newly enforces rules do not meet the requirements of placing restrictions on freedom of speech and expression.
According to the plea, the intermediary is brought under tremendous pressure to remove content that purportedly does not comply with the rules and to immediately block access to the user on its own. Otherwise, when it receives directions from a government agency or a competent court regarding any information on the purported ground of it being unlawful, the intermediary has to remove such content or block access to it within 36 (thirty-six) hours or face punishment upto seven years of imprisonment.
The plea also states that under the threat of being blocked access to or having the content removed, a user such as a petitioner would be hesitant to post even content that is otherwise fully permissible in relation to the ground given.
The plea further mentioned that by laying down the grounds in a blanket manner without clarifying what can be permissible to be posted in relation to such ground or what would be clearly unlawful in relation to such ground, and by the intermediary already being under severe pressure to remove or block access to when asked even by a government agency, the result is that a more than serious risk is faced by the user of even lawful content in relation to grounds given under the rules being removed or access to the intermediary platform being blocked even when the content posted otherwise is fully permissible.
It further sought a direction to hold that the grounds of sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency or morality, in relation to contempt of court, defamation as in the manner laid down in rule 3(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 do not meet the requirements of placing restrictions on freedom of speech and expression.
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请求信息技术挑战规则,2021年德里HC问题通知中心
正义的板凳DN Patel和正义小朋友!辛格发布通知工会印度和其他关注的部门和计划此事进一步听力4月16日。
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新德里:德里高等法院周三寻求一个请求的响应中心具有挑战性的新执行的信息技术规则,2021年说,限制言论自由和表达的需求没有得到满足,因此相应地违宪的,应当驳回。
请求寻找方向的中央政府持有的诽谤和侵犯他人的隐私是诽谤的方式规则(3)(1)(b) (ii)信息技术(中介机构的指导方针代码)和数字媒体伦理规则,2021年制定了不符合要求的将限制言论自由和表达,因此是违宪的击杀或者读下来在这个基础上被认为是适当的。
正义的板凳DN Patel和正义小朋友!辛格发布通知工会印度和其他关注的部门和计划此事进一步听力4月16日。
信息技术(中介机构的指导方针代码)和数字媒体伦理规则,2021年生效的日期官方公报公布2月25。
请愿者,桑杰辛格,一名执业律师,通过请求寻求方向,团结的理由,完整性、国防、安全或印度的主权,与外国的友好关系,公共秩序,防止任何罪行的调查,侮辱其他国家新实施的规则不符合的要求限制言论和表达自由。
根据请求,中介是承受着巨大的压力,删除内容,据称不遵守规则并立即向用户屏蔽。否则,当它接收方向从一个政府机构或者主管法院关于传说中的地面上的任何信息被非法,中介必须删除这些内容或屏蔽在36小时(36),否则将面临惩罚高达7年的有期徒刑。
的威胁下的请求也指出,被屏蔽或删除内容,用户如一个请愿者会犹豫甚至发布内容,否则完全允许相对于地面。
请求进一步提到,通过铺设场地以覆盖的方式没有明确可以允许发布与地面或有什么明显违法与地面,和中介已经被删除或屏蔽的压力严重甚至当被问及政府机构,其结果是,一个多严重的面临的风险是用户的合法内容与依据给定的规则下被删除或访问中介平台被屏蔽,即使内容发布,否则是完全允许的。
进一步寻求方向认为印度的主权和完整的理由,国家的安全,与外国的友好关系,公共秩序,礼貌或道德,蔑视法庭、诽谤的方式制定规则3 (1)(d)的信息技术(中介指导方针和数字媒体道德代码)规则,2021不符合要求的将限制言论和表达自由。
