Although the Supreme Court repealed Section 66A in 2015, 745 cases are under trial

The Supreme Court's order was not implemented in many police stations

Why are cases still being filed under the repealed clause? : Notice of the Supreme to the Center

New Delhi: Despite the Supreme Court repealing Section 66A of the IT Act in 2015, cases are still being registered in several police stations under this section. When the whole matter came before the Supreme Court, the court was shocked and even sent a notice to the Central Government seeking a reply.

An application was filed in the Supreme Court by the People's Union for Civil Liberty (PUCL), an organization working for human rights, in which the matter was raised. The organization claimed that the Supreme Court had struck down Section 66A of the IT Act in 2015, after which a number of cases have been filed under this section. Not only this, the trial of such cases is also going on in the court.

According to the data provided by the institute, out of the cases filed under section 66A in the district courts of 11 states, trials are underway in 745 cases. The Supreme Court expressed surprise when it came to know about this. The Supreme Court said this is really horrible, and surprising. Why is this clause being used even though it has been repealed?

The court later sent a notice to the Center seeking a reply. At the time of the arguments, the Center had said that the court had quashed the clause but it was in barracks. Only the footnote mentions that the Supreme Court has quashed this clause. However no one reads this footnote and grants it. So the books of this Bear Act may be modified.

The IT Act was enacted in 2000, which was amended in 2008 to add section 66A, according to which anyone who posts any offensive information on social media can be arrested if they also provide such offensive information via e-mail. He could face up to three years in prison. However, this clause was repealed by the Supreme Court in 2015.