Supreme Court to decide validity of penal provision in IT Act today

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday pass verdict on Constitutional validity of Section 66A of Information Technology Act, the controversial provision which makes posting offensive material on social networking sites an offence punishable by up to three years in jail.

A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Rohinton F Nariman will deliver its judgment on a bunch of petitions filed in the light of misuse of the penal provision by government authorities against persons who allegedly uploaded offensive posts on social networking sites.