Section 66A of IT Act

In a shocking development, a delegation to the UN proposed the use of measures that are almost identical to those in the controversial Section 66A of the Indian Information Technology Act.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to all states and Union Territories (UTs) on a petition, seeking direction to the Centre to advise all police stations against registering FIRs under Section 66A, which was declared unconstitutional by the top court on March 24, 2015.