Articles tagged with: Section 66A

Indian internet free-er this year than last: Report

According to internet freedom watchdog Freedom House, “Internet freedom in India has improved in the past year” in its report of 65 countries, with India having seen “positive developments relating to ‘regulatory framework, declining detentions for online speech and burgeoning digital access’”, repo...

Even Shreya Singhal shocked: 2,402 people been arrested under section 66A of IT Act in 2014

The Hindustan Times ’ Aloke Tikku reported: A first-of-its-kind set of statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveals that 2,402 people, including 29 women, were arrested in 4,192 cases under section 66A — which was struck down in March by the Supreme Court that ruled that i...

Govt to resurrect quashed Section 66A of IT Act

Section 66A of the Information Technology Act will be back on the statute books, with modifications, as per the current plan of the government, reported the PTI . The ministry of home affairs has constituted a committee to examine the implications of the Supreme Court’s March judgment repealing the ...