PUCL’s application, which seeks directions against continued enforcement of S.66A of the IT Act, came up for hearing before a two-judge Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Nariman and Justice Gavai. The bench ordered States, Union Territories and Registrar-General of High Courts to reply to PUCL’s application, and listed the case four weeks from 2nd August 2021. On the last date of the hearing i.e. 5th July 2021, the Court had directed the Union of India to reply to PUCL’s application.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-all-the-states-uts-and-high-courts-in-pucls-application/