Question

Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 have superseded the 2011 Rules. In the Rules, 2021, the requirement of publication of rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreements which stipulate that no user shall post information which would contravene any law in force has been retained. Which of the following decisions of the Supreme Court of India has now been embodied in these Rules ?

• A. Ranjit Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1965 SC 881
• B. S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan, (1989) 2 SCC 574
• C. Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, AIR 2016 SC 1523
• D. Aveek Sarkar v. State of West Bengal, (2014) 4 SCC 257

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, AIR 2016 SC 1523

Answer 2

The correct option is (C):Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, AIR 2016 SC 1523.