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Yesterday, The Supreme Court of India issued notice to the Centre for the continued use of Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000, despite the provision being struck down as unconstitutional by the court in its landmark judgment - Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015). #FoE
The erstwhile Section 66A of the IT Act, provided for punishment for sending offensive messages through communication services. The Supreme Court struck it down in its entirety calling it violative of Article 19(1)(a) and not saved by Article 19(2) of the constitution of India.
Due to the seriousness of the submissions, the bench comprising of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran asserted that the concerned officials will be arrested if its order scrapping the provision has been violated. For more details visit - sflc.in/supreme-court-…
