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  SC notice to states, UTs and HCs on people being still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act

  India | August 02, 2021 12:39 IST

  An NGO pled in court that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by an apex court verdict in 2015.

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  Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act, says SC

  India | July 05, 2021 12:46 IST

  The Supreme Court on Monday termed as “amazing” and “shocking” that people are still being booked under the Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was scrapped by the apext court verdict in 2015.

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  SC seeks Centre's response on plea alleging arrests under scrapped Sec 66 A of IT Act

  India | January 07, 2019 13:23 IST

  A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman said concerned officials will be arrested and sent to jail if the apex court order of March 24, 2015 scrapping the provision of the IT Act is violated.

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  Section 66A: Over 3,000 arrests in 2015 under law SC junked over a year ago

  India | September 07, 2016 13:38 IST

  The number of arrests under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in 2015 was higher as compared to 2014 despite the fact that controversial law was scrapped by Supreme Court in March 2015. According

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  New law needed to check misuse of social media and internet: SC

  India | August 07, 2015 11:18 IST

  Expressing concern over misuse of social media and internet, the Supreme Court on Thursday stressed the need for a new law to check circulation of online messages that are  malicious and defamatory in nature.A bench

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  SC verdict on Sec 66A 'good', but not related to me: Azam Khan

  Politics | March 26, 2015 17:19 IST

  Lucknow: SP leader Azam Khan today distanced himself from the recent Supreme Court verdict scrapping the controversial Section 66A of Information Technology Act, saying that it has got nothing to do with him.“The Supreme Court

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  Despite 66A scrapping, another clause of IT Act may land you in jail

  India | March 26, 2015 9:49 IST

  New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday gave a revolutionary judgment on Section 66A of Information Technology Act saying the clause struck at the root of liberty and freedom of expression.The rule however, does not mean sending

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  Had raised concern in RS 3 years ago over misuse of IT Act: Jaitley

  Politics | March 25, 2015 17:11 IST

  New Delhi: A day after Supreme Court struck down the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today posted on Facebook his speech in the Rajya Sabha about three years

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  Section 66A quashed: Here's why citizens can still be arrested for online posts

  India | March 25, 2015 13:53 IST

  New Delhi: Section 66A of the Information Technology Act is unconstitutional in its entirety, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday striking down a “draconian” provision that had led to the arrests of many people for

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  What an irony, #Sec66A turned a sensation on Twitter!

  Mouthful | March 24, 2015 22:01 IST

  #Section 66A - the Information Technology Act 2000, which was meant to restrict the freedom of speech on cyberspace, is ironically the most trending topic on the Internet after the Supreme Court ruling today.The apex

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  Five Major News Events of Today

  India | March 24, 2015 21:05 IST

  Airbus A320 crashes in southern France, 150 feared deadA passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a remote area of the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, authorities said.As search-and-rescue teams

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  10 cases where Section 66A of IT Act was misused

  India | March 24, 2015 19:13 IST

  Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the contentious section 66 A of the Information and Technology Act calling it unconstitutional and untenable. The section gave police the powers to arrest persons posting “offensive” comments from

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  AAP hails apex court's decision on section 66A

  Politics | March 24, 2015 18:10 IST

  New Delhi: The AAP today hailed the apex court's decision of striking down section 66A of the IT Act and defending the Fundamental Rights of citizens.It also lashed out at BJP for speaking against the

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  BJP, Congress hail quashing of Section 66A

  Politics | March 24, 2015 17:48 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said scrapping Section 66A of the IT Act was a "welcome decision", while the ruling BJP maintained the government was not "in favour of curtailing honest criticism".The Supreme Court

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  Democracy prevails: B-Town hails scrapping of Section 66A

  Bollywood | March 24, 2015 17:25 IST

   Mumbai; As soon as the Supreme Court quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, there was a tizzy on micro-blogging site Twitter with renowned Bollywood filmmakers like Madhur Bhandarkar and Sanjay Gupta

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  Victory of common man, says Section 66A victim

  India | March 24, 2015 13:59 IST

  Kolkata: Victims and legal experts on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court's verdict striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and termed it a victory for the common man's free speech.Jadavpur University professor

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  Scrapped IT provision was poorly drafted, misused: P Chidambaram

  Politics | March 24, 2015 13:53 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today welcomed the Supreme Court judgement holding Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutional, saying it was poorly drafted and misused."I welcome the judgement of the Supreme Court

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  Now no arrests for objectionable posts on FB as SC scraps Section 66A

  India | March 24, 2015 19:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act holding it violative of Article 19(1)a of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech."Section 66A of the IT Act is

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  Azam Khan Facebook post row: Supreme Court questions student's arrest

  India | March 20, 2015 13:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government why was a schoolboy arrested for allegedly posting objectionable comments against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Facebook.An apex court bench of Justice

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  IT Act not to be used for stifling political dissent, govt assures SC

  India | January 14, 2015 18:00 IST

  New Delhi: The central government today assured Supreme Court that Section 66A of the Information Technology Act would not be used to strangulate “political dissent and contrarian views” posted on social networking sites. Under Section 66A