Section 66A of the IT Act was struck down by SC on 24thMarch 2015
Q. On 24th mar’15, which Section of the Information Technology Act was struck down by the Supreme Court? - Published on 29 Mar 15a. 19A
b. 56A
c. 66A
d. 60B
ANSWER: 66A
Terming liberty of thought and expression as cardinal, a bench of justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman said, the public's right to know is directly affected by section 66A which gives the police power to arrest a person for posting offensive content online and provides for a three-year jail term. The government has welcomed the Supreme Court decision to scrape the section 66 (A ) of the Information Technology, IT Act and said that the section 66( A) is unacceptable in current form.
