SC issues notice

IN Media Watch Briefs | 16/05/2013

Hearing a writ petition challenging the arrest of PUCL leader Jaya Vindhyalaya for allegedly defamatory Facebook posts against Chirala Congress MLA Krishna Mohan and Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah, Justices BS Chauhan and Deepak Mishra of the vacation bench of the Supreme Court issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government and sought compliance of guidelines that an IG, DCP or SP level officer would investigate complaints under Sec 66 (a) of the IT Act.

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