AAP lauds scrapping of Section 66A
26 March 2015 4:58 AM IST
“The court has rightly ruled that the section was violative of our constitutional right to free speech. Restrictions can only be put in place in cases of incitement to violence, not mere “offense and annoyance”. We are happy that the bizarrely implemented Section 66A, which had criminalised class XI students and had netizens worrying about being “annoying” and “inconvenient” has been struck down by the Supreme Court,” said a party spokesperson.
“Ideally all the political parties should have joined hands to remove this section of the IT Act. It’s sad that despite repeated instances of misuse of this draconian section, political parties failed to build consensus to bring an amendment to the IT Act and the Supreme Court had to intervene. We congratulate the Apex Court for defending our fundamental rights, which had been curtailed by both the NDA and the UPA on the pretext of securing of public order. We also condemn the two-faced opportunism of the NDA government that spoke out against section 66A while in opposition, only to defend it both in court and in Parliament after assuming power,” said the party in a statement.
The party further said that it was the only party that stood on the right side in court against the government. AAP will continue to fight for civil liberties through its politics, legal advocacy and street movements, and hopes that the right side wins these constitutional battles every time.
“Ideally all the political parties should have joined hands to remove this section of the IT Act. It’s sad that despite repeated instances of misuse of this draconian section, political parties failed to build consensus to bring an amendment to the IT Act and the Supreme Court had to intervene. We congratulate the Apex Court for defending our fundamental rights, which had been curtailed by both the NDA and the UPA on the pretext of securing of public order. We also condemn the two-faced opportunism of the NDA government that spoke out against section 66A while in opposition, only to defend it both in court and in Parliament after assuming power,” said the party in a statement.
The party further said that it was the only party that stood on the right side in court against the government. AAP will continue to fight for civil liberties through its politics, legal advocacy and street movements, and hopes that the right side wins these constitutional battles every time.
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