44. Amendments to certain Acts

(1) In section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, in clause (c), for sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

• (i) the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000;
• (ii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008;
• (iii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

(2) The Information Technology Act, 2000 shall be amended in the following manner, namely:—

• (a) section 43A shall be omitted;
• (b) in section 81, in the proviso, after the words and figures “the Patents Act, 1970”, the words and figures “or the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023” shall be inserted; and
• (c) in section 87, in sub-section (2), clause (ob) shall be omitted.

(3) In section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in sub-section (1), for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

• (j) information which relates to personal information;