The filing of cases even after the repeal of Section 66A of the IT Act is ‘shocking’, disturbing : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the registration of cases even after the repeal of Section 66A of the IT Act. The Supreme Court has described the registration of cases as shocking, surprising and troublesome even after revoking Section 66A. The Supreme Court said that this is a very surprising case. We will take some action regarding this. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government and sought its response. This reply has been asked to be given in two weeks.

The Supreme Court gave this response to the petition presented by the petitioner PUCL. The Supreme Court on March 24, 2015 heard a plea seeking issuance of advice to all police stations against registration of FIR under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act declared unconstitutional by the court. Instruct the government to issue advisory that no FIR should be registered under this section anywhere.

NGO PUCL has filed this petition. PUCL has urged the court to direct the Center to collect all data regarding FIR or investigation where Section 66A has been invoked as well as cases pending in courts across the country. In fact, in the Shreya Singhal case, the Supreme Court struck down this section as unconstitutional.

Actually, a complaint was being made for a long time regarding the misuse of the IT Act, a petition was also filed in the court regarding this. Regarding this, the question of freedom of expression in social media was also raised, which was considered very important by the court.