Section 66A scrapped by Supreme Court: Twitter reactions
Supreme Court of India
In a landmark judgment on the Right to Freedom of Speech on the Internet, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that empowers the police to make arrests over contentious social media posts. It ruled the law violate people’s fundamental right to speech and expression.
READ: SC strikes down Sec 66A of IT Act, says it violates right to speech
Here are some Twitter reactions:
Section 66A scrapped. A big day for freedom of speech n expression.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 24, 2015
My middle finger to all those in power, especially politicians, who used #Section66A to harass and intimidate those who spoke their mind.
— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) March 24, 2015
Glad the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the IT Act, which was liable to misuse (&has been abused). Freedom must not be curbed
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 24, 2015
Narendra Modi had turned his DP black to protest against #Sec66A . Then he did his classic U-turn to argue for it in Supreme Court as PM.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) March 24, 2015
SC terms the provision of #66A of the IT Act as vague and says “what may be offensive to a person, may not be offensive to others”
— Jitan Ram Manjhi (@apkajitanram) March 24, 2015
So abusing people is no longer illegal. However, it doesn’t make it a nice thing to do. Like breaking hearts. Not illegal. Not nice. #Sec66A
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) March 24, 2015
everyone happy #sec66a is gone. who put it there in the first place?
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) March 24, 2015
A UPA inserted draconian Section 66A in IT Act struck down by SC. A welcome decision. Grossly unnecessary section done away with
— Ram Madhav (@rammadhavbjp) March 24, 2015
Landmark judgement by Hon Supreme Court as it strikes down Sec 66A of IT Act. Freedom of thought & expression rightly upheld in a democracy.
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) March 24, 2015
Source:: Indian Express
