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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.