{"id":55080,"date":"2019-01-07T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55080"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:04:29","slug":"sc-seeks-centres-response-on-plea-alleging-arrests-under-scrapped-sec-66-a-of-it-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-centres-response-on-plea-alleging-arrests-under-scrapped-sec-66-a-of-it-act","title":{"rendered":"SC seeks Centre&#8217;s response on plea alleging arrests under scrapped Sec 66 A of IT Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" data-attachment-id=\"55087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-centres-response-on-plea-alleging-arrests-under-scrapped-sec-66-a-of-it-act\/sc-46\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?fit=326%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"326,155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?fit=326%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=300%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=150%2C71&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre&#8217;s response on a plea alleging prosecutions even after the apex court scrapped Section 66 A of the IT Act under which a person could be arrested for posting allegedly offensive content on websites.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman said concerned officials will be arrested and sent to jail if the apex court order of March 24, 2015 scrapping the provision of the IT Act is violated.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing for the NGO PUCL, advocate Sanjay Parikh said more than 22 people have been arrested under the provision of the IT Act scrapped by the top court in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre&#8217;s response on a plea alleging prosecutions even after the apex court scrapped Section 66 A of the IT Act under which a person could be arrested for posting allegedly offensive content on websites. 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