<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea to reconsider its order that had declined to entertain a PIL for framing guidelines to check fake news on social media to curb mass hysteria, mob lynchings, among others.</p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna rejected a review petition filed by advocate Anuja Kapur against the April 8, 2019 order passed by the court.</p>.<p>"We have carefully gone through the review petition and the connected papers filed therewith.</p>.<p>We do not find any ground, whatsoever, to entertain the same. The review petition is, accordingly,</p>.<p>dismissed," the bench said.</p>.<p>In her plea, Kapur asked the court to revisit its order that dismissed her petition seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines to check fake news on social media.</p>.<p>She had cited different fake news and misinformation on Indo-Pak tension having flooded the social media in the weeks in April 2019 after Airstrike.</p>.<p>She contended there is no set-laws to restrict the fake news, which travels on various social handles very fast. </p>
<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea to reconsider its order that had declined to entertain a PIL for framing guidelines to check fake news on social media to curb mass hysteria, mob lynchings, among others.</p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna rejected a review petition filed by advocate Anuja Kapur against the April 8, 2019 order passed by the court.</p>.<p>"We have carefully gone through the review petition and the connected papers filed therewith.</p>.<p>We do not find any ground, whatsoever, to entertain the same. The review petition is, accordingly,</p>.<p>dismissed," the bench said.</p>.<p>In her plea, Kapur asked the court to revisit its order that dismissed her petition seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines to check fake news on social media.</p>.<p>She had cited different fake news and misinformation on Indo-Pak tension having flooded the social media in the weeks in April 2019 after Airstrike.</p>.<p>She contended there is no set-laws to restrict the fake news, which travels on various social handles very fast. </p>
