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Among the Centre’s IT rule revisions, a provision for online fact regulation glares out. It must be kept open to scrutiny while how it gels with our right to free speech needs a check

A bench headed by CJI U.U. Lalit said in all cases where citizens are facing prosecution for alleged violation of section 66A of the Act, the reference and reliance upon the said provision shall stand deleted.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that no citizen should be prosecuted under section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The court was hearing a petition by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The petitioners were seeking directions to stop the prosecutions under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. A division bench comprising

The Supreme Court asked chief secretaries of all State to take remedial measures to tackle the continued use of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act which the top court had struck down as unconstitutional.

The petitioner, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, said that many cases were pending under Section 66A of the IT Act, which has been deemed unconstitutional.

The spokesperson observed that while the MEA had taken the lead, the proposal was based on responses received from various ministries.

Proposed hate speech provisions should be clear and free of vagueness

Proposed hate speech provisions should be clear and free of vagueness Speech is free, but it is a freedom that comes with responsibility. And responsible speech is not just something that does not contain abuse, defamation or incitement to violence. It is increasingly seen as expression that tends not to discriminate against or incite hatred towards groups based on race, gender, caste, religious belief, sexual orientation, nationality or immigration status. The world has moved away from a free...

New digital media rules ‘go far beyond what’s permissible in a democracy’: Plea in Delhi HC The plea argues that the government is trying to do through the new rules what it couldn’t with section 66A of IT Act. 09 Mar, 2021 “We see these rules as undermining the very essence of freedom of the press as far as digital media is concerned,” Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of the Wire, said on Monday after the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Modi government on a ...

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