IT Rules: HC asks govt to file counter affidavit on T M Krishna's challenge

Krishna's main contention is that the IT Rules violate his fundamental rights, and go against the provisions of the parent act, the IT Act

The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to respond within three weeks to a writ petition filed by Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna, who moved the High Court against the recently notified Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. 

The Ramon Magsasay awardee said the IT Rules, 2021, as the new regulations are commonly called, impose "arbitrary, vague, disproportionate and unreasonable" restrictions on digital media and social media intermediaries, LiveLaw reported. 

In the writ petition filed on behalf of the artist by Internet Freedom Foundation and advocate Vrinda Bhandari, he says: "Without privacy it's