bulbul Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict tomorrow 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. It was challenged by law student Shreya Singal and others, including Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin and non-government organisations. The petitioners contended that the Section interferes with free speech and appealed that it be quashed. he lawyers of the petitioners had argued that the definition of provision Section 66 A - material that is grossly menacing, offensive and cause annoyance to public -- is vague and it may lead to abuse of the provision. They also argued that even genuine comments criticising a person, and caricatures, are treated as offence, and people are harassed. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/bitter-rivalry-between-india-and-australia-adds-edge-to-world-cup-semifinal/535673-78.html
Number Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Hope its relaxed as much as possible so that people like Raghav_12 who are living 24x7 under the fear of arrest by Modi, can post their views openly.
Sachin=GOD Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 #BreakingNews: Supreme Court strikes down #Sec66A of IT Act. Calls it unconstitutional and untenable.
Malcolm Merlyn Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Sec 66A struck down by the Supreme Court. :hatsoff: SC
BeautifulGame Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Great work from SC Pathetic from Congress previously and BJP now defending this Its one thing the morons is state parties like TMC or SS support this but even the National parties supporting this just pathetic .
bulbul Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 Great work from SC Pathetic from Congress previously and BJP now defending this Its one thing the morons is state parties like TMC or SS support this but even the National parties supporting this just pathetic . Nobody want to take risk. You know about situations like Charli hebdo..not everyone restrict protests to throwing stones.
achilles Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Great work from SC Pathetic from Congress previously and BJP now defending this Its one thing the morons is state parties like TMC or SS support this but even the National parties supporting this just pathetic . I don't understand why they should be doing that. Their (malicious) campaign online during elections is what started discussion on this section. If they're Pro 66A, I think thats a blatant conflict of interest, hypocrisy and contradiction.
bulbul Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 The Supreme Court's decision to strike down Section 66A of I-T Act may infuse social network site addicts with a sense of unrestricted freedom of expression, but it is a deja vu situation for them as indiscrete postings in social network sites could still invite arrest under similar provisions of Indian Penal Code. In most of the cases slapped against persons for posting offensive views on social network sites, the police had invariably invoked Sections 153 and 505 of the IPC along with Section 66A of I-T Act, which is a bailable offence. It is the invoking of additional IPC sections which had allowed the police to arrest the persons for offensive posts. Section 153 and 153A provides for registration of a case against a person who gives a statement either in writing or orally that incites communal riots or provokes communal tension and enmity between communities. IT is punishable with imprisonment from 6 months to one year with fine. Section 505 punishes persons who spread rumour through their statement to cause public disorder with an imprisonment up to 3 years. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Section-66A-squashed-Citizens-can-still-be-arrested-for-online-posts/articleshow/46683200.cms?
CSK Fan Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Nobody want to take risk. You know about situations like Charli hebdo..not everyone restrict protests to throwing stones. Then you would be one of the first ones to be arrested for instigating
bulbul Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 Then you would be one of the first ones to be arrested for instigating Agree, because its difficult to arrest hypocrites who silently instigate and watch from distance like you :two_thumbs_up:
Zestian Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 @ Lord fir to ye apne syllabus se bhi bahar ho gaya na :hmmmm2: Meine to faltu me pdha isko matlab :wall:
ravishingravi Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Then you would be one of the first ones to be arrested for instigating And what did you just do there ?
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