The court said adherence to clauses 9 (1) and 9 (3) of new IT rules was in breach of free speech under Article 19 of the Constitution and went beyond the scope of IT act itself.
During the hearing, the high court bench also raised concern about restricting the 'liberty of thought' and said how can one express anything in its absence.
While rejecting contentions made by Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe, the HC Saturday said the remand to custody is within conformity of law & doesn't require interference.
Mumbai Police in the court argued that Kundra was not cooperating with the probe in the case filed in February and had destroyed evidence, a claim refuted by his lawyer.
The Bombay HC bench asked the state govt to set up the channel in consultation with Centre so that students, particularly in rural areas, do not suffer during Covid.
Justice Gautam Patel said articles referred to by Shilpa Shetty in her suit don't seem to be defamatory and noted that blanket gag order will have a chilling effect on press freedom.
Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for CBI, said Mumbai Police ACP Nitin Jadhav refused to hand over documents related to police transfer and postings on 27 July.
Kundra, in his plea to the court, claimed that the 'material' found by police did not show explicit sexual acts but were in form of short movies that are 'lascivious'
The FIR was registered against Deshmukh on 24 April on charges of corruption and misconduct following a preliminary CBI inquiry conducted in compliance with the high court's order.
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