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In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court:

Shreya Singhal struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in its entirety. The provision infringed freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a),…

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In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court:

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Shreya Singhal struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in its entirety. The provision infringed freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a), and its restrictions were not justified by Article 19(2). The Court did not preserve Section 66A by reading down its scope.

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