Landmark case · Information Technology Law · Semester 6
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
(2015) 5 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of India
Section 66A was struck down as vague and overbroad; ss. 69A and 79 were read down with procedural safeguards.
From topic
Computer-related offences: sections 66, 66A and 67 — Unit III, Information Technology Law.
Related sections:
- Information Technology Act, 2000, 66 — Computer-related offences
- Information Technology Act, 2000, 66A — Sending offensive messages (struck down)
- Information Technology Act, 2000, 67 — Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form
- Information Technology Act, 2000, 67A–67B — Sexually explicit material and child sexual-abuse material