The Madras High Court on Monday decided to await the decision of the Bombay High Court in a case filed by satirist Kunal Kamra against the Centre’s decision to establish a Fact Check Unit (FCU), before taking a call in a case filed against a similar FCU established by the Tamil Nadu government.
Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy adjourned a public interest litigation petition filed against the State government’s FCU to December 6, after senior counsel Vijay Narayan said the Bombay High Court was expected to deliver its verdict on December 1.
The AIADMK’s IT wing office-bearer, R. Nirmal Kumar, had filed the PIL. Representing him, Mr. Narayan, assisted by K. Gowtham Kumar, said the government had made a statement in the Assembly only for setting up a social media cell in the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR).
