Tag: Section 66A

  • Annulment of the Section 66A of IT Act

    By Ravi Boolchandani, Amity Law School, Delhi. The common presumption for Section 66A is that, it is grossly negative in nature. Many people including learned legal professionals and people from various other professions argue that Section 66A was the murderer of the fundamental right to speech and expression while others say that it acted as an…

  • Media and Censorship

    By Deepti Purwar, Law College Dehradun. Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, or authorities. More often than not, there is news of something getting banned somewhere in the world for reasons that seem unreasonable to…