The Long Arm of a Defunct Law
Jul 17, 2021
2 minutes
By Kaushik Deka
Graphic by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY
It was a moment of celebration for advocates of free speech when the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2015, struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. The provision, first tabled in the Lok Sabha in December 2006 to deal with cyber crimes against women, was written into the statute in December
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