A two-judge panel struck down legisl ation barring “offensive messages” online
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Forwarding from another mailing list :Sincerely, Ratnendra Pandey A two-judge panel struck down legislation barring “offensive messages” online NEW DELHI--India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down legislation barring “offensive messages” online, saying it violated constitutional guarantees of free expression.A two-judge panel voided a part of India’s Information Technology Act that made it a crime to share information through computers or other communications devices that could cause “annoyance, inconvenience” and “enmity, hatred or ill will.”Announcing the ruling in a crowded courtroom in the Indian capital, Justice Rohinton Nariman said the law’s provisions were too vague and didn’t provide “clearly defined lines” for law-enforcement officials. “What is offensive to one person may not be offensive to another,” he said.Read more at:http://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-supreme-court-overturns-law-barring-hate-speech-online-1427174675 _______________________________________________ India-gii mailing list India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected] https://lists.india-gii.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii