Section 66a It Act

The Supreme Court today directed no citizen can be prosecuted under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped way back in 2015.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretaries of states concerned to take back the scrapped cases under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in 2015 within three weeks.

Section 66A: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to all states and UTs, as well as all High Court Registrar-Generals, on registration of cases under Section 66A of the IT Act, which was quashed by the court in 2015

The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to ask all police stations not to register cases under the defunct Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock and displeasure on being told that over 1,000 cases had been filed under Section 66A of the IT Act - a scrapped law that allowed police to arrest people for posting "offensive" content online.

Kashmir police has filed a first information report (FIR) against social media users employing proxy servers and VPN to access social media services under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.

The Home Ministry is examining a report given by a high-level committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, people familiar with the matter said

Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.

It may have been mere coincidence. But two things happened on March 24 this year. Nirbashito got the national award for best Bengali film and Supreme Court scrapped Section 66A of the IT Act that made online posts a potential crime.

"The Centre is working on formulating a new law on the lines of Section 66A that was struck down by the Supreme Court."

Uttar Pradesh minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today distanced himself from the recent Supreme Court verdict scrapping the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.

I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested

The Internet and Mobile Association of India made the statement soon after the Supreme Court judgement was announced.

The Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Indian citizens can speak out freely on public issues without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution.

The Supreme Court today directed no citizen can be prosecuted under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped way back in 2015.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretaries of states concerned to take back the scrapped cases under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in 2015 within three weeks.

Section 66A: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to all states and UTs, as well as all High Court Registrar-Generals, on registration of cases under Section 66A of the IT Act, which was quashed by the court in 2015

The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to ask all police stations not to register cases under the defunct Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock and displeasure on being told that over 1,000 cases had been filed under Section 66A of the IT Act - a scrapped law that allowed police to arrest people for posting "offensive" content online.

Kashmir police has filed a first information report (FIR) against social media users employing proxy servers and VPN to access social media services under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.

The Home Ministry is examining a report given by a high-level committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, people familiar with the matter said

Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.

It may have been mere coincidence. But two things happened on March 24 this year. Nirbashito got the national award for best Bengali film and Supreme Court scrapped Section 66A of the IT Act that made online posts a potential crime.

"The Centre is working on formulating a new law on the lines of Section 66A that was struck down by the Supreme Court."

Uttar Pradesh minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today distanced himself from the recent Supreme Court verdict scrapping the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.

I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested

The Internet and Mobile Association of India made the statement soon after the Supreme Court judgement was announced.

The Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. Indian citizens can speak out freely on public issues without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution.