The Bombay High Court (HC) on Thursday formally struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules, aimed at identifying and regulating fake and false content on social media against the government. The court termed the amended IT laws as "unconstitutional" while striking them down. The development comes after the third judge's decision on the new IT Rules proposed by the government, news agency PTI reported.

On September 20, a single bench of Bombay HC, comprising Justice A S Chandurkar, had held that the amended rules are "vague and broad" had the potential of causing a "chilling effect" not only on an individual, but also on the social media intermediary.