Karnataka should not have notified fact-check unit on grounds of constitutional morality: Sr Advocate Sanjay Jain
Published by Moneycontrol
Karnataka should have refrained from operationalising its fact-check unit to combat misinformation in social media on the grounds of constitutional morality even though there is no legal bar on it, senior advocate and two time Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain told Moneycontrol.
He said “If we approach this question from the perspective of constitutional morality, then certainly the state legislature of Karnataka should have refrained from doing it (operationalising fact check unit). However, technically speaking, nothing in the Constitution prevents Karnataka from bringing such a law, merely on account of the fact that SC has passed a stay order against the central government.”
Constitutional morality refers to the principles and values underlying a constitution that act as a guide to both the government and the citizen.