Justice AS Chandurkar of the Bombay High Court will hear the petitions challenging the amendment to the IT Rules, which allows the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, Livelaw reported. The hearing will begin on February 28.
This comes over 15 days after the Bombay High Court delivered a split verdict in the petitions challenging the amendment were filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, the Editors Guild of India, and the Association of Indian Magazines.
