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How A Bill Becomes A Zombie? The Journey of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000
Tl;dr Section 66A of the Information Technology Act (“IT Act”), 2000, was enacted into the statute through an amendment in 2008. The section penalised sending “offensive messages” via online communication. Owing to excessive vagueness in the laws, the provision was often abused by enforcement authorities and ran the risk of a chilling effect on speech…