The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday asked states and Union territories to give direction to all police stations not to register cases under repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The MHA has also asked the States and UTs to sensitize law enforcement agencies for the compliance of the order issued by the Supreme Court on March 24, 2015. If any case has been booked in States and UTs under Section 66A of the IT Act, such cases should be immediately withdrawn, the ministry said.
The Supreme Court in its 2015 verdict in the matter of Shreya Singhal vs Union of India had struck down Section 66A of the IT Act.
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