Section 66 A

The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.

Coming down hard on the cash-starved shadow banking industry, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday announced cancellation of registration certifications of 66 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). Out of the 66 non-banking companies, 22 were based in West Bengal and 18 in Delhi, the central bank said in two separate statements released on Monday ...

Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.

I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested

"I feel information technology's growth should not be stopped, cannot be stopped," said Kamal Haasan

New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.

Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".

"Landmark judgement by Hon Supreme Court as it strikes down Sec 66(A) of IT Act. Freedom of thought & expression rightly upheld in a democracy," Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted

The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.

The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.

What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.

The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...

The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the validity of Section 66 A of Information and Technology Act 2000. The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.

The Supreme Court today questioned the Centre on the need to frame rules to govern social media posts if the identity of the person responsible for the posts cannot be traced.

The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.

Coming down hard on the cash-starved shadow banking industry, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday announced cancellation of registration certifications of 66 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). Out of the 66 non-banking companies, 22 were based in West Bengal and 18 in Delhi, the central bank said in two separate statements released on Monday ...

Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.

I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested

"I feel information technology's growth should not be stopped, cannot be stopped," said Kamal Haasan

New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.

Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".

"Landmark judgement by Hon Supreme Court as it strikes down Sec 66(A) of IT Act. Freedom of thought & expression rightly upheld in a democracy," Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted

The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.

The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.

What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.

The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we have no hesitation in striking it down," said Justice RF Nariman, reading out the...

The Supreme Court has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting offensive content. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, has been declared unconstitutional. Describing the law as "vague in its entirety," the judges said, it encroach...

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the validity of Section 66 A of Information and Technology Act 2000. The Section gives the police powers to arrest those who post objectionable content online and provides for a three-year jail term.

The Supreme Court today questioned the Centre on the need to frame rules to govern social media posts if the identity of the person responsible for the posts cannot be traced.