Reflecting Information Technology Rules, 2021 In Light Of International Human Rights Law

Jyotsna Shukla & Rajshree, Centre of Post Graduation Legal Studies, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

ABSTRACT

The IT Rules, 2021 has attracted lots of debate and discussion. Three writ petitions challenging the Rules have already been filed in Madras, Bombay and Delhi and the Supreme Court has issued a notice to transfer all the petitions to itself. Among many grounds on which the Rules are being criticized, primary among them is of being against the established principles of International Human Rights Law. It has already been seen as recent as Puttaswamy judgment that the courts have been factoring in international standards when it comes to human rights law. The decision of the Supreme Court is awaited in this regard. Meanwhile, the assignment will aim to examine several controversial provisions of the Rule in light of established international principles.