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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
Section 66A struck down
Finally Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A as “Unconstitutional”. At the same time it has upheld the validity of Section 69 and Section 79 (intermediary rules). COPY OF SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT This has been hailed as a victory for … Continue reading
Verdict on Section 66A expected tomorrow at 10.30 am
The much awaited judgement on whether Section 66A of ITA 2008 is constitutionally valid or not is expected to be pronounced tomorrow at 10.30 am. Section 66A has been frequently abused by Police when it has been used to arrest … Continue reading
Section 66A and Section 79 of ITA 2008 at Supreme Court
Hindustan Times has reported (Refer: Article “SC warns govt over gagging social media” in Hindustan Times ) that the Supreme Court has demanded that the Government submits its views to the Court within one week and threatened that it may otherwise keep … Continue reading
Section 66A coming for review at Supreme Court..the issues
Supreme Court has set December 2nd as the final date of hearing when it will hear all cases related to Section 66A. Report in Hindu According to the news report, a Bench of Justices J.Chelameswar and S.A.Bobde will hear the … Continue reading