Sec 66 (a) strikes again...and again!

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/12/2012

Despite a nation-wide protest and the anguish of no less an authority than the Chief Justice of India, Sec 66 (a) of the IT Act, 2000, continues to be used indis- criminately against unsuspecting users of the internet: three youth in Kashmir for a video and a youth in Rourkela for a photograph. Oh, and the case against Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan of Palghar is yet to be withdrawn!