About the Author: Rishubh Agarwal is a 4th Year, BBA LL.B (Hons.) student at Jindal Global Law School
Introduction
In a sovereign democracy, it is both implied and fundamental that the government serves to ‘protect’ its citizens, if we draw from the idea that the government is of, by and for the...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) came up with the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, 2021 (“IT Rules”) in February last year and it came into effect in May, 2021.
After a year of its enforcement, MeitY has come up with the Draft IT Amendment Rules...
Karnatik music vocalist TM Krishna has filed a petition before the Madras High Court challenging the constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021/ Impugned Rules”) seeking a declaration that the IT Rules, 2021 is ultra vires both the Constitution...
On October 28, 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022 ("Amendment Rules"). The key developments are highlighted below:
The Amendment Rules now obligate the intermediaries to prominently publish on its website, mobile based...
