Striking down Section 66A IT Act: In March 2015 SC struck down Section 66A of the IT Act which contained provisions for the arrest of those who posted offensive content on the Internet.
In 2015, in a landmark judgments upholding the right to free speech in recent times, the Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal and Ors. Vs Union of India, struck down Section 66A of the Information & Technology Act, 2000. The ruling which is being lauded by the common man and legal luminaries alike, found the Cyber law provision to be open-ended, vague and unconstitutional owing to the restriction it ....
