Bengaluru, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court's landmark 2015 judgment in Shreya Singhal vs Union of India addressed a bygone regime and cannot be "mechanically applied" to the 2021 Information Technology rules that demand their own interpretative regime, the Karnataka high court has held, noting the vastly changed digital landscape since the milestone verdict.

In his 350-page judgment passed last week but made public on Monday, justice M Nagaprasanna also noted that during the arguments in X Corp's petition challenging the Union government's Sahyog portal-the judge dismissed the American social media giant's plea-the Centre also hinted that it will seek review of the 2015 verdict.

"The learned solicitor general for the Union of India has su...