On March 24, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the amended Information Technology Act 2000, in its entirety, holding it responsible for "arbitrarily, excessively and disproportionately" invading the right of free speech.
The outpouring of emotions was spontaneous, particularly on social media, as that is what was impacted the most by the law that had originally been intended to fight spammers but was misused with impunity primarily to protect the egos of politicians who could not take dissent.
Perhaps no other judgement in recent times had been awaited with such a collective bated breath as the one by Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Rohinton F Nariman, and none was celebrated with such unrestrained whoops of joy.
The cartoonists of various news publications were no exception, and here's a selection from what caught our eye.
This one came just a few days before the judgement.
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The outpouring of emotions was spontaneous, particularly on social media, as that is what was impacted the most by the law that had originally been intended to fight spammers but was misused with impunity primarily to protect the egos of politicians who could not take dissent.
Perhaps no other judgement in recent times had been awaited with such a collective bated breath as the one by Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Rohinton F Nariman, and none was celebrated with such unrestrained whoops of joy.
The cartoonists of various news publications were no exception, and here's a selection from what caught our eye.
Economic Times
The Indian Express
The Hindustan Times
The Times of India
Navbharat Times
66A gone! Sify cartoon. #66A pic.twitter.com/CHMIVi5l2P
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) March 26, 2015Supreme Court scraps 66A : Cartoon Tota-Myna http://t.co/oecC0iN4ir
— taposh chakravorty (@ctaposh) March 25, 2015SC strikes down Sec 66A! pic.twitter.com/VFcyjqYqyT
— Amul.coop (@Amul_Coop) March 25, 2015SC strikes down Section #66A of IT Act, calls it unconstitutional. My #cartoons pic.twitter.com/WgCCwAJ1vb
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) March 25, 2015This one came just a few days before the judgement.
Azam Khan and 66A pic.twitter.com/D5Hn6mvmSH
— Amit Srivastava (@AmiSri) March 21, 2015