A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud set aside the March 11 order of the Bombay High Court which had refused to grant interim stay on setting up the FCU under the amended IT Rules to identify fake and false content on social media about the Union government. “We are of the considered view that questions before the HC deal with core questions on Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution,” the bench said.

The amendment moved in February this year mandates that the government will collect 10 per cent of the income of temples that have revenue of more than Rs 1 crore and 5 per cent from temples earning between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore

The ECI issued the directive after it received complaints that despite MCC being in force, people were receiving messages highlighting the union government’s initiatives on their phone.