On Friday, the Supreme Court asked the government to explain it is contemplating any move to link social media accounts with Aadhaar. A bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta asked the Centre to inform whether it is contemplating any move on framing some policy to regulate social media and linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, by September 24, the next date fixed for hearing.
The court order came on a plea by Facebook seeking transfer various petition from high courts to the top court. Facebook has said that the transfer of cases would serve the interests of justice by avoiding the possibility of conflicting decisions from the high courts.
According to Facebook, the transfer of cases would serve the interest of justice by avoiding the possibility of conflicting decisions from the high courts. In the last hearing, the top court has not stayed proceedings in the high courts but restrained them from passing any final order.
There is common question involving the interpretation of important Central statutes including the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 which would directly impact the central and state governments, said by plea. Also, Madras High Court had expanded the scope of issues like online abuse and fake news circulated through social media and sought to define the liabilities of intermediaries in cases of fake news and cyber abuse.
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