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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">This is truly a  landmark judgment,
      very glad to have been one of the lawyers assisting the court on
      these cases.<br>
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      On 03/24/2015 11:06 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAK-FJAendJWO6raQ-GHCt7E5cMG5SLkZA7WwDC_9aTRqiRB9DQ@mail.gmail.com"
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        <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
          From: <b class="gmail_sendername">anubhuti yadav</b> <span
            dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:anubhutiy@gmail.com">anubhutiy@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
          Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:49 AM<br>
          Subject: Re: [ISOC] [Internet Policy] Misuse of : section 66 A
          IT act of Indian government<br>
          To: Krishna Kumar <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:krznakumar@gmail.com">krznakumar@gmail.com</a>><br>
          Cc: "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org">isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org</a>"
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          <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In
              a landmark judgment, Supreme Court has struck down Section
              66A  of the IT Act. In their order, the court said,
              Section 66A is violative of Article 19(1)(a), not saved by
              Article 19(2), hence unconstitutional. </p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
              division bench said <font color="#000000" face="arial"> </font>public's right
              to know is directly affected by Section 66A of Information
              Technology Act.  The apex court also said Section 66A of
              IT Act clearly affects Right to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://www.dnaindia.com/topic/freedom-of-speech"
style="color:rgb(39,49,245);border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:700;background:transparent"
                target="_blank">Freedom of Speech</a> and Expression
              enshrined under Constitution.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">SC,
              however, refused to strike down two other provisions of
              the IT Act that provide blocking of sites. </p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thr
              Court said there is a difference between discussion,
              advocacy and incitement.Discussion & advocacy, no
              matter how annoying, is allowed said the division bench in
              it's judgment. Court while delivering the verdict said
              liberty and liberty of thought is of paramount importance
              in a country like India</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(204,0,0);width:auto">11:37 IST</span><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(149,149,149);width:270.921875px;float:right;text-align:right">Tuesday,
                  24 March 2015</span></strong></p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Former
              Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwary has
              welcomed the judgment. He said that the law was misused
              too often and hence it needed to go.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(204,0,0);width:auto">11:26 IST</span><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(149,149,149);width:270.921875px;float:right;text-align:right">Tuesday,
                  24 March 2015</span></strong></p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Rinu
              Srinivasan, one of the girls who was arrested under the
              section for a Facebook post on Bal Thackeray welcome the
              decision of Supreme Court. She said, "If this law is
              repealed it may encourage people to speak up and against
              all the wrong in the world".  "I am very happy. I feel
              like we have received justice after two years," she said.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">......................................................</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">A
              bench of justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman had on
              February 26 reserved its judgement after Government
              concluded its arguments contending that section 66A of the
              Information Technology Act cannot be "quashed" merely
              because of the possibility of its "abuse".</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Additional
              Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had said that the
              Government did not want to curtail the freedom of speech
              and expression at all which is enshrined in the
              Constitution, but the vast cyber world could not be
              allowed to remain unregulated.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">However,
              the court had said that terms like 'illegal', 'grossly
              offensive' and 'menacing character' were vague expressions
              and these words were likely to be misunderstood and
              abused. Some of the petitions seek setting aside of
              section 66A of the Information Technology Act which
              empowers police to arrest a person for allegedly posting
              offensive materials on social networking sites.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
              first PIL on the issue was filed in 2012 by a law student
              Shreya Singhal, who sought amendment in Section 66A of the
              Act, after two girls -- Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan
              -- were arrested in Palghar in Thane district as one of
              them posted a comment against the shutdown in Mumbai
              following Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's death and the
              other 'liked' it.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
              apex court had on May 16, 2013, come out with an advisory
              that a person, accused of posting objectionable comments
              on social networking sites, cannot be arrested without
              police getting permission from senior officers like IG or
              DCP.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
              direction had come in the wake of numerous complaints of
              harassment and arrests, sparking public outrage. It had,
              however, refused to pass an interim order for a blanket
              ban on the arrest of such persons across the country.</p>
            <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:'Open
Sans',helvetica,arial;padding:0px;line-height:28px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">source:
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-live-supreme-court-strikes-down-section-66a-of-it-act-2071523"
                target="_blank">http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-live-supreme-court-strikes-down-section-66a-of-it-act-2071523</a></p>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:34 AM,
              Krishna Kumar <span dir="ltr"><<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:krznakumar@gmail.com" target="_blank">krznakumar@gmail.com</a>></span>
              wrote:<br>
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                  <div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello,</div>
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                  <div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This news
                    should offer some hope! :) </div>
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                  <div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Cambria;font-size:18px;line-height:25.7142868041992px">Striking
                      down any attempt at curbing the freedom of
                      expression on the internet, the Supreme Court
                      today ruled that Section 66A of the IT Act is
                      "unconstitutional". </span><br>
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style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Cambria;font-size:18px;line-height:25.7142868041992px"><br>
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                  <div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a
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                        href="http://www.thenewsminute.com/news_sections/3358"
                        target="_blank">http://www.thenewsminute.com/news_sections/3358</a> </font><br>
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                        <div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Best
                            Regards,<br>
                            <br>
                            Krishna Kumar <br>
                            Secretary - Internet Society India Chennai <br>
                            Mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:krznakumar@gmail.com"
                              target="_blank">krznakumar@gmail.com</a><br>
                            Mobile: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              value="+919790523076">+91 97905 23076</a><br>
                            Skype: rkrzna</font></div>
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                        <div>On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:10 PM,
                          srajukanumuri <span dir="ltr"><<a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:srajukanumuri@gmail.com"
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                                <div>Dear Members ,<br>
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                                   One option we can have as all ISOC
                                global chapters members or ISOC ,
                                internet policy board can have common
                                letter addressed to Indian PM, HMO and
                                supreme court Judges who are dealing
                                this case. International human rights
                                can also<br>
                                address this issue.  THE TSHWANE
                                PRINCIPLES : GLOBAL PRINCIPLES ON
                                NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE RIGHT TO
                                INFORMATION addressed this issue. During
                                IGF and Netmundial we must address this
                                issue as serious matter for all open<br>
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                              <div class="gmail_extra">internet citizens
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                                or IGF if we create a global team or
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                              <div class="gmail_extra">Kanumuri s raju<br>
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