In 2015, the Supreme Court of India struck down the "draconian" Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, terming it as unconstitutional as it invaded the right to free speech. Section 66A dealt with allegedly objectionable or offensive content on the internet. It had led to the arrests of many people for posting content deemed to be “allegedly objectionable” online.

The move was possible after a group of petitions were filed but the first one was filed by law student Shreya Singhal, in light of the arrest of two girls, Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Srinivasan in 2012. They were arrested under Section 66A for criticising the shut down in Mumbai after the death of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, on Facebook.

The apex court had observed in its judgment, “It is clear that Section 66A arbitrarily, excessively and disproportionately invades the right of free speech and upsets the balance between such right and the reasonable restrictions that may be imposed on such right.”
So, what has changed in the two years since? Shockingly, despite the SC's order, there have been many instances where Section 66A and Section 67 of the IT Act were slapped against those who posted "offensive" messages on the internet.