The Bombay High Court will today (sept 20) deliver its verdict on pleas by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and the Editors Guild of India seeking to strike down IT Amendment Rules, 2023 which empowers the Central government to establish a fact check unit (FCU). A third judge of the high court is scheduled to deliver the verdict. The Centre on March 20 had notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau to monitor online content pertaining to the government for accuracy.
The Supreme Court Today (May 17th) sought the Centre’s stand on a petition challenging the marital rape exception under the new criminal laws. A bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the petition by the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) and said it would be listed for hearing in July along with other petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape.