‘Terrible’ That Section 66A Is Invoked Despite Being Struck Down: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it was “amazing” and “shocking” that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was scrapped by the apex court in 2015.
A bench of Justices R.F. Nariman, K.M. Joseph and B.R. Gavai issued notice to the Centre on an application filed by the NGO Peoples Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL).
“Amazing. What is going on is terrible,” Bar and Bench quoted Justice Nariman as saying.
“Don’t you think this is amazing and shocking? Shreya Singhal judgement is of 2015. It’s really shocking,” the bench told senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for PUCL.
Parikh said that despite express directions of the court in 2019 that all state governments should sensitise police personnel about the March 24, 2015 judgement, thousands of cases have been registered under the section.
