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Supreme Court: "Section 66 A of IT Act clearly affects right to freedom of speech and expression enshrined under Constitution." The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Section 66 A of the Information and Technology Act as unconstitutional.
The public’s right to know is directly affected by Section 66 A of the IT Act, the Court said.
It also termed the provision as vague and says
“what may be offensive to a person, may not be offensive to others.”
“what may be offensive to a person, may not be offensive to others.”
The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.
A bench of justices J. Chelameswar and R.F. Nariman had on 26 February reserved its judgement on one of the most controversial issues
