SC strikes down #Section66A: Long live freedom of speech, reacts Twitter

Welcome SC order on #66A This is one law on which BJP & Cong had unanimity. Was misused under watch of both. So good riddance, police state

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) March 24, 2015

Section 66 A of IT act struck down! Three cheers for Supreme Court! #Section66A

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 24, 2015

???? Just landed from a flight to the grt news of SC striking down section #66A of the IT Act! I'd advocated it, even filed a pvt members bill.

— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) March 24, 2015

Glad the Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A of the IT Act, which was liable to misuse (&has been abused). Freedom must not be curbed

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 24, 2015

₹2 lakh cr from coal so far, ₹1 lakh cr from spectrum. Now, #Sec66A thrown out. Story of a regime called UPA, a minister called Kapil Sibal

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) March 24, 2015

It's taking time to absorb, almost three years after this work began- but thank you, Constitution of India, you still redeem us. #66A

— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) March 24, 2015

Thank you, Congress spokesperson. If only we knew who introduced it in the first place... pic.twitter.com/xHUqkOR2AN

— Samanth Subramanian (@Samanth_S) March 24, 2015

Kick in the teeth for UPA. Wooden ruler on knuckles for NDA. Thank you, Supreme Court. #66A

— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) March 24, 2015

The most important right for citizens in a majoritarian state, the right to dissent reinforced by striking down section 66A

— indira jaising (@IJaising) March 24, 2015

Yay. Supreme Court strikes down Sec #66A. A law that was grossly menacing, offensive and caused annoyance to the public.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) March 24, 2015

Section 66A of the IT Act, the noxious, draconian law has been struck down by the Supreme Court. Restores our faith in democracy.

— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) March 24, 2015

Modi government could have taken the lead and repealed Section 66A instead of waiting for court to do so. Political opportunity lost.

— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) March 24, 2015

#section66a struck downn!! VICTORY!!!! my petition in supreme court upheld!! #transformindia

— Rajeev Chandrasekhar (@rajeev_mp) March 24, 2015

Glad to know that I live in a free country. No #Sec66A as SC strikes it down. Super happy. Go on, troll away.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) March 24, 2015

The first Supreme Court judgment since 1960's to just strike a law as violative of Free Speech, Justices Chelameswar and Justice Nariman!

— Mishi Choudhary (@MishiChoudhary) March 24, 2015

SC strikes down #Sec66A of IT Act. Long Live Free Speech. Long live democracy! Thank you all who fought for this. #NoSec66A

— Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) March 24, 2015

#Section66A so you can no longer be jailed for posting 'offensive' content online in India. Huge victory for #FreedomOfSpeech

— Shilpa Kannan (@shilpakannan) March 24, 2015