Kunal Kamra’s writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the new amendment to the IT Rules, 2021 is “mala fide in nature as it dwells upon imaginary consequences”, the central government has alleged in an affidavit.
The ministry of electronics and information technology filed the affidavit on April 19 after being instructed to do so by the high court. The amendment, notified on April 6, says social media companies and other intermediaries must take down content deemed fake by a government fact-check unit.
