The SC has said that government's assurance that 66 A will not be misused is not valid ground for keeping it.

The scrapping of section 66 A of the Information Technology Act will come as a huge relief.  Just last week, a Class 12 student from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, was arrested and sent to jail for a Facebook post about senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan.

The Bareilly police claimed the FB post was objectionable and capable of inciting violence. The teenager was arrested on a complaint filed by Fasahat Ali Khan Shanu, Azam Khan's public relations officer. The boy was released on bail the next day by a local court after executing two bonds worth Rs 20,000 each. The teenager was booked under the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.