DELHI HIGH COURT DENIES RELIEF FOR NOW TO THE WIRE, THE QUINT, ALT NEWS FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE IT RULES

 

The Delhi High Court denied granting relief for now on appeal by the news portals The Wire, The Quint, and AltNews in their challenges to comply with the IT Rules, 2021.

A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh granted time to the Central government and other respondents to reply to the appeal for interim relief with respect to the Rules.

From the side of the applicant today, Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan urged the Court to grant relief from forced compilation under the Rules for some time. However, the Court refused to do the same and listed the matter for August 20.