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SC notice to states, HCs on cases still registered under scrapped Sec 66A

August 03, 2021 7:31 am

“As this matter pertains to not only the courts but the police as well, in fitness of things notice be issued to all States & UTs and Registrar of High Courts,” a bench of Justices R F Nariman and B R Gavai ordered while hearing the plea by the NGO People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).

Scrapped 6 yrs ago, 66A still in use: Shocked Supreme Court seeks govt reply

July 06, 2021 7:25 am

In 2015, in a landmark judgment that expanded the contours of free speech to the Internet, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A, calling it “open-ended and unconstitutionally vague”.

Karnataka HC IT Act 66 A police officers

Karnataka HC penalises cops for filing FIR under defunct Section 66A

January 17, 2020 10:25 pm

The police officers have been asked to pay Rs 10,000 each for registering the case and initiating criminal proceedings under the law "which is not in statute book", terming it a "clear abuse" of the law.

Can a Facebook post land you in jail? Supreme Court to rule on Section 66A today

March 24, 2015 11:04 am

The bench has to decide if the law is a “direct assault” on the civil liberties of Internet users.

Section 66A of IT Act does not silence anyone: SC

December 11, 2014 2:09 am

At this, the bench asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta if the government was sending people to jail without an intention to commit an offence.