New Delhi, Oct 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred to itself all the cases relating to social media guidelines from Madras High Court and other HCs of the country.
A bench, headed by Justice Deepak Gupta, allowed the petition of Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. The apex court transferred a case pending in Madras HC before itself to decide the issue.
It ruled that the matter would be heard in January last week after the Centre formulates new guidelines on intermediaries.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the central government three months to formulate social media rules after the Centre said through an affidavit that it will require the time to collate and analyse the information from stakeholders and hold inter-ministerial consultations before finalizing and notifying revised social media rules in accordance with law.
The affidavit by the Centre said the process for the finalizing and notifying the Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules, 2018, is “likely to be completed by 15th January 2020.”
An apex court bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose has asked the Centre to notify the rules for regulation of social media platforms in 90 days.
