Supreme Court on 24 March 2015 strike’s down the section 66A of Information Technology Act / Draconian law. What is the significance of this rule?: After this now police will not arrest anyone for the posting any type of content on online social media thus providing/retaining the freedom of Speech
Explanation: Section 66A was inserted into the IT Act by the UPA government in 2009. After this verdict now online user are free to express their views about any service, product etc on social media. This is much awaited verdict passed by supreme court as it comes as a relief for both social media users as well as India operations of global Internet giants like Google. The latter will no longer be required to take down content after complaints from any party. Only a government or court order can lead to content removal. Therefore, with this decision it will encourage more investment in the Internet sector in India. But the Narendra Modi government had largely defended the provision during the court hearing, while promising it won't be used to stifle political dissent. The court ruled against the section on the ground that the terms "annoying, offensive, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or ill-will" used in the section were vague and indefinite.