Bombay High Court Allows Kunal Kamra's Plea, Strikes Down 2023 Amendment To IT Rules On 'Fact Check Units'

The Bombay High Court declared the 2023 amendments to the Information Technology Rules, which empowered the government to establish a fact-check unit, as unconstitutional. The court ruled in favor of petitions filed by comedian Kunal Kamra and others, stating that the amendments infringed upon fundamental rights, including freedom of speech and expression. The court emphasized that the fact-check unit’s authority to label content as fake news posed a threat to free speech and could lead to arbitrary censorship.