Syllabus: GS-II
Subject: Polity
Topic: Right issues
Issue: Fundamental Rights
Bombay High Court judgement on Fact checking unit:
- Recently Bombay High Court in Kunal Kamra case has declared Fact Checking Unit for digital facts related to central government unconstitutional.
- The court declared that the amendment is not within the boundaries of reasonable restrictions envisaged in Article 19 (2) to 19(6) of constitution.
- It is arbitrary and discriminatory as it exclude print media thus it violates Article 14 of constitution.
- The court found that the fact checking unit violate the doctrine of proportionality and the absolute necessity of the measure to achieve the State’s goal.
- As per the court, the unit may cause a chilling effect and frontal assault on market place of ideas.
| +1 Advantage for mains (Statements to be used in essay or GS answer)
·   The will of the State is subject to scrutiny by those who are affected by the exercise of State power. ·   Democratic power is a trust held upon conditions. Harold Laski, A Grammar of Politics, 1937 |
