New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said no person would be arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior approval from an officer not below the rank of inspector general of police.
A vacation bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra passed the order after hearing a plea by Shreya Singhal, who had petitioned the court against the arrest of an activist Jaya Vindhyalaya (since been released) under provisions of the IT Act on a complaint filed by an Andhra Pradesh lawmaker
However, the court said that it "can't grant such blanket orders" as senior counsel Soli Sorabjee told it that police was arresting people on mere charges of posting comments on social media websites that caused inconvenience or annoyance.
The court's refusal to grant blanket order was on the prayer by which the petitioner had sought to restrain police from initiating "any coercive steps on the basis of Section 66A of the IT Act" till court pronounces its verdict on the matter pending before it....
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04:20 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that no arrests could be made for objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior permission of senior police officers. The apex court, which refused to pass an order for a blanket ban on the arrest of a person for making objectionable comments on websites, said state governments should ensure strict compliance of the Centre's January 9 advisory which said that a...
12:24 PM, May 16, 2013
Hyderabad: A civil liberties lawyer, Jaya Vindyala, has been arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting some comments on Facebook allegedly against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Tamil Nadu Governor Rosaiah and an MLA A Krishna Mohan. The advocate, who is also a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties, was arrested in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, local Congress MLA...
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New Delhi: Two Air India employees, who were arrested earlier this year for allegedly posting messages criticising Supreme Court orders on Facebook, have now registered a complaint against a trade union member of the airline. Cabin crew members Mayank Sharma and KVJ Rao accused Sagar Karnik of misleading the police and maligning their reputation. Karnik had registered a case against the duo for posting derogatory comments and images on the...
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