Extreme political views not barred in cyber world: SC told
14 Jan 2015 11:43 PM GMT
Government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it was not averse to the posting of extreme political views in the cyber world but placed documents to buttress its argument that outrageous and offensive contents hurting religious sentiments needed to be blocked.
“The extreme political views or contrary views and decent humour cannot be prohibited,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman.
The ASG, however, placed documents indicating that those posts which had the potential of “outrageously and directly offending” religious sentiments needed to be prohibited in the cyber world. Mehta also wanted that the documents, placed in sealed cover, should be only for the perusal of the bench but when the opposite parties demanded them, he was asked by the judges to supply them the material.
The law officer then requested that the contents of the documents prohibited from posting in the social networking sites, should not be allowed to be circulated. The submission by ASG was made just ahead of the start of the hearing on a bunch of petitions seeking scrapping of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for its misuse by law enforcing agencies in arresting people for sending alleged offensive messages.
“The extreme political views or contrary views and decent humour cannot be prohibited,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman.
The ASG, however, placed documents indicating that those posts which had the potential of “outrageously and directly offending” religious sentiments needed to be prohibited in the cyber world. Mehta also wanted that the documents, placed in sealed cover, should be only for the perusal of the bench but when the opposite parties demanded them, he was asked by the judges to supply them the material.
The law officer then requested that the contents of the documents prohibited from posting in the social networking sites, should not be allowed to be circulated. The submission by ASG was made just ahead of the start of the hearing on a bunch of petitions seeking scrapping of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for its misuse by law enforcing agencies in arresting people for sending alleged offensive messages.
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