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BJP and Congress hail scrapping of Sec.66 A by SC

by IBNS 24 Mar 2015, 11:49 am

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New Delhi, Mar 24(IBNS) The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's order to strike down section 66A of the ITA Act, the controversial law that allowed arrests for offensive content online.

BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli said it was a "landmark day" for  freedom of speech and expression” the judgement reaffirmed Article 19 of the Constitution on freedom of expression. had been reaffirmed.

    Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said he Supreme Court has done the “right and appropriate thing” by striking down the provision.

     “It became an instrument of oppression. It had put too much of power in the hands of law enforcement authorities to persecute and hound people who maybe innocuously or intentionally indulged in dissent,” he  said.

    “Mere law enforcement or knee-jerk reactions, as was the implementation of Section 66A, cannot be a solution to curb freedom of speech and expression,” he added.

    Former home minister P Chidambaram too welcomed the verdict saying, "The section was poorly drafted and was vulnerable. It was capable of being misused and, in fact, it was misused."

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