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No citizen should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the IT Act: SC

A bench, headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Ajay Rastogi, said it needs no reiteration that Section 66A is found to be in violation of the Constitution and as such, no citizen can be prosecuted for violation of alleged offences under it.

  • Wednesday, 12 October 2022
'Section 66A's scrapping victory for free speech'

Bengaluru: Scrapping of the Information Technology (IT) Act’s draconian section 66A by the Supreme Court was a victory for free speech proponents and citizens, lawmaker and a petitioner in the contentious case Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here on Tuesday. Hailing the top court for its landmark judgement, the Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka told IANS that […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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