I’ll take on Zameer politically: Tanveer Sait
Mysuru, June 20: MLA and former minister Tanveer Sait said that he was ready to fight with Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan either politically or personally, not before the media.
Responding to the statement of Minister Zameer that he would come to NR Constituency and show his strength, here on Wednesday, Tanveer Sait said that he heard the Minister’s statement. One who has decency would not have spoken like that. He was ready to fight with Zameer either politically or personally. But he would not take him before the media, he said.
“He does not have the leadership that our community accepts. In the last election, he has worked for wicket people. Show of strength does not mean that bringing people. Instead, he should win the hearts of the people. There is nothing to show my ego whether I have gone out of my constituency or not. Majority of the Muslim community people were in favour of the Congress. We have asked four ministerial berths for our community. Some communities have asked Deputy Chief Minister post. I don’t know whether they have supported the Congress or not. But Muslims were supporting the Congress. In my opinion, we are not asking posts in one voice. High command has asked me not to embarrass the party and I am following it. I would neither accept the challenge nor reject it. It is left to Zameer to come to the constituency. I have brought this to the notice of the leadership. Those who have come to party recently do not have knowledge about the Congress principle. For this reason, I have opposed him”, he clarified.
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Bombay High Court strikes down Centre's plan to set up Fact-Check Unit
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has struck down the central government's plan to establish a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023. The decision comes in response to a petition filed by standup comedian Kunal Kamra, challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's move.
Justice A.S. Chandurkar, delivering the final verdict, declared that the proposed IT Amendment Rules violated key provisions of the Indian Constitution, namely Articles 14 (right to equality), 19 (freedom of speech and expression), and 19(1)(g) (right to profession).
“I have considered the matter extensively. The impugned rules are violative of Articles 14, 19, and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India,” Justice Chandurkar said in his judgment. He further remarked that terms like "fake, false, and misleading" in the IT Rules were "vague" and lacked a clear definition, making them unconstitutional.
This judgment followed a split verdict issued by a division bench of the Bombay High Court in January. The bench, consisting of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale, was divided in their opinions. While Justice Patel ruled that the IT Rules amounted to censorship and struck them down, Justice Gokhale upheld the rules, arguing that they did not pose a "chilling effect" on free speech, as the petitioners had claimed.
The matter was then referred to a third judge, leading to today's decision. The Supreme Court had previously stayed the Centre's notification that would have made the fact-checking unit operational, stating that the government could not proceed until the Bombay High Court ruled on the case.
Kunal Kamra and other petitioners had argued that the amendments posed unreasonable restrictions on freedom of speech and expression. They contended that the provisions would lead to government-led censorship, effectively granting the government unchecked powers to determine what constitutes 'truth' online. The petitioners further claimed that such powers would turn the government into "prosecutor, judge, and executioner" in matters of online content.
With the Bombay High Court’s ruling, the Centre's move to create fact-checking units has been effectively halted, reaffirming the importance of protecting freedom of speech and expression in the digital space.
