Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
Bangalore techie arrested ..now under Section 67 instead of Section 66A
The Supreme Court in its judgement on striking down of Section 66A was hailed as a saviour of wrongful arrests under ITA 2008. Now it is reproted that a techie in Chennai has been arrested under Section 67. Report in … Continue reading
The Net effect of the Supreme Court judgement on ITA 2008
The summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice J.Chelameswar and Justice R.F. Nariman dated March 24, 2015 is as follows: (a) Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is struck down in its entirety being … Continue reading
Section 66A: Why this Judgement is not a “Landmark Judgement” as hailed
The former Law Minister and Karnataka Governor Mr H R Bharadwaj has confirmed what everybody knew that Section 66A was misused wantonly by UPA. However, the Supreme Court which gave its judgement scrapping the section did not even give a … Continue reading
Mehdi gets a reprieve… Section 66A scrapped by Supreme Court
This news report in Deccan Herald (25/3/2015) does not require any comments. We will see more such news in the days to come when the effect of scrapping of Section 66A starts taking its effect. People who are rejoicing the … Continue reading
Section 66A: Judiciary asserts its rights over Executive
The judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India is notable for the fact that the Court has conspicuously asserted its rights over the judiciary and castigated the law makers for the “Vague … Continue reading
Cases that prompted scrapping of Section 66A by the Supreme Court
Ever since the judgement of the Supreme Court on Section 66A was pronounced yesterday there have been discussions all over the media hailing the Court for having upheld the great principle of democracy, viz the “Freedom of Expression”. In the … Continue reading