Tag: Information Technology Act

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was taken aback on Monday after learning that people are still being booked and tried under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, even six years after the top court struck down the provision as “unconstitutional and a violation of free speech”. A bench headed by Justice R.F. Nariman and comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and B.R. Gavai said: “It is still going on, amazing… What is going on is terrible, distressing.” The bench noted that judgement in Shreya Singhal case was delivered on March 24, 2015....