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NEw new delhi, The sublime margaret court is scheduled to try a plea seeking quashing of an prescribe blocking YouTube channel '4PM' on May 13. The apex court on May 5 sought responses from the Centre and others on the plea filed by Sanjay Sharma, the editor of digital news platform '4PM', which has a subscriber base of 73 lakh. The plea claimed that the blocking was effected by the intermediary pursuant to an undisclosed direction allegedly issued by the Centre citing "vague" grounds of "national security" and "public order". As per the top court's cause list for May 13, the plea is slated to come up for hearing before a bench of justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih. The plea claimed that the blocking was a "chilling assault on journalistic independence" and the right of public to receive information. The petition, filed through advocate Talha Abdul Rahman, said no blocking order or underlying complaint was furnished to the petitioner, violating both statutory and constitutional safeguards. The plea also contended that it was a settled law that the Constitution does not permit blanket removal of content without an opportunity to be heard. "'National security' and 'public order' are not talismanic invocations to insulate executive action from scrutiny," it said. The action was not only ultra vires the parent statute, but also strikes at the core of democratic accountability ensured by a free press, the plea said. "The blocking is a chilling assault on journalistic independence and the right of the public to receive information," it said. The plea sought a direction to the Centre to produce the order with "reasons" and "records", if any, issued to the intermediary for blocking the channel. It also sought quashing of Rule 16 of the Information Technology Rules, 2009. Rule 16 mandates strict confidentiality regarding all requests, complaints and actions taken under the rule. The plea also sought striking down and/or reading down Rule 9 of the Blocking Rules, 2009, to mandate issuance of a notice, opportunity of hearing and communication of a copy of the interim order to the originator or creator of the content prior to passing a final order. It said the petitioner's YouTube channel was blocked without giving any fair opportunity to clarify or justify his case. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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