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[Information Technology Rules 2021] Bombay High Court defers hearing, refuses urgent relief in view of transfer petition before Supreme Court
Considering there was a transfer petition filed in Supreme Court to hear all the petitions challenging the IT Rules, the High Court deferred hearing of the petitions by a week.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to a digital news portal which challenged the recently notified Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 issued under the Information Technology (IT) Act. (AGIJ Promotion Of Nineteenonea Media Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.)