Modi govt used law stayed by courts to seek details from digital media outfits scroll.in/article/101624…
This isn’t the only instance of the govt, and even the courts, using a law that has been struck down. The most glaring example is Section 66A of the IT Act 2000
By @UmangPod
This isn’t the only instance of the govt, and even the courts, using a law that has been struck down. The most glaring example is Section 66A of the IT Act 2000
By @UmangPod
Modi government used law stayed by courts to seek details from digital media outfits
In the past as well, there have been instances of the government, and ironically even the courts, relying on a law that has been struck down, @UmangPod reports.
Read: scroll.in/article/101624…
In the past as well, there have been instances of the government, and ironically even the courts, relying on a law that has been struck down, @UmangPod reports.
Read: scroll.in/article/101624…
Retired Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman authored a judgment in 2015, ruling that Section 66A of the IT Act was unconstitutional.
Section 66A outlawed some forms of offensive speech, @UmangPod reports. ✍️
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Section 66A outlawed some forms of offensive speech, @UmangPod reports. ✍️
Read more: scroll.in/article/101624…
A study spanning 11 states had found that after the provision was struck down, at least 1,300 cases were registered under Section 66A & 570 cases still remained pending by the end of 2020.
@UmangPod reports. ✍️
scroll.in/article/101624…
@UmangPod reports. ✍️
scroll.in/article/101624…
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