Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict holding Section 66A of the Information Technology Act as unconstitutional.
In a statement, he said the Section was poorly drafted and was vulnerable. The law was capable of being misused and, in fact was misused. He said while there could be a case of misuse of freedom of speech, the offender should be dealt with ordinary laws. “If some provisions of the law have to be strengthened that could be considered. But Section 66A was not the answer.”
