New Delhi, March 21 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Union Government's notification of the Fact-Check Unit (FCU) under the Information Technology Amendment Rules pending the final decision of the Bombay High Court.
The Bombay High Court is now seized with the challenges to the amendment in the IT rules.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing the Special Leave Petitions filed by Kunal Kamra, Editors Guild of India and Association of Indian Magazines challenging the order of the Bombay High Court which refused to stay the implementation of the IT Rules.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notified the Press Information Bureau as...