An order quietly passed by Supreme Court on Tuesday striking off Section 66-A of the Information Technology Act of 2000 has nailed the Chandrababu Naidu government which was using the section to intimidate social media activists who criticised him and his government.
A division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Chalameshwar (who is surprisingly a relative of chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu) ruled that the Section 66-A of IT Act of 2000 would curb the freedom of expression in the social media.
The court opined that what is good for few could be hurting to some and that does not give right to government to jail people for expressing views in public domain and dismissed the Section 66a.
This has exonerated social media activists like Inturi Ravikiran and Ravindra, who were arrested by the AP police for posting objectionable comments against Naidu and his government in the social media.
Now, one has to see how the Naidu government would react to the social media comments against him!
