Thread by @internetfreedom

Hearing update: Union of India’s transfer petition is listed as item 7 before Justice Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjiv Khanna of the Supreme Court. The petition seeks to transfer 4 cases that have challenged the validity of IT Rules, 2021 before the Supreme Court. (1/n)

One of these cases is @LiveLawIndia’s petition which is pending before the Kerala High Court. IFF has provided legal assistance to @LivelLawIndia. A blog post summarising the proceedings before Kerala High Court is available here - internetfreedom.in/kerala-hc-gran…
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We have previously provided a deep dive analysis of IT Rules, 2021 where we have explained how they are unconstitutional, undemocratic and how they will fundamentally change an Indian user's experience on the internet.
internetfreedom.in/intermediaries…
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Apart from the four challenges the Union of India seeks to transfer to the Supreme Court, several other individuals, organisations and associations have also challenged the constitutionality of IT Rules, 2021. A table summarizing the challenges -
docs.google.com/document/d/1km…
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@LiveLawIndia is one of the Respondent’s to the transfer petition filed by Union of India. We are providing legal assistance to them in the proceedings before the Supreme Court. We will provide a detailed update after the hearing.
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