Plea against law used in FB arrests in SC today

November 30, 2012 08:30

The Supreme Court will today take up a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Delhi law student against a controversial law that was used to arrest two young women recently in Maharashtra for their posts on Facebook, reports NDTV.

Shreya Singhal's PIL describes Section 66(A) of the Information and Technology Act as unconstitutional -- it allows for arrests based on messages that are offensive or annoying and are sent electronically. "I feel it is a violation of free speech; it hasn't been updated, and people are using it wrongly," Singhal told NDTV.

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