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- The Central Government has directed all states and Union Territories to ask police stations under their jurisdiction to withdraw FIRs registered under Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000.
- The Government also directed not to register cases under repealed Section 66A.
- Section 66A of IT Act provided for punishment of a maximum of three years in jail and a fine to a person accused of sending “offensive” messages using computer or any other communication device like mobile phone or tablet.
- The SC had struck down section 66A on March 24, 2015 after noting it as “vague and arbitrary”.
- It was dubbed as “draconian” because it allowed arrest of several innocent persons
- It was declared unconstitutional in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India case on March 24, 2015.
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