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Pasting another link over here that breaks it down for non-Indians : http://www.medianama.com/2015/03/223-section-66a-unconstritutional/ http://www.medianama.co
by devnonymous 12y ago
Pasting another link over here that breaks it down for non-Indians : http://www.medianama.com/2015/03/223-section-66a-unconstritutional/ http://www.medianama.com/2015/03/223-section-66a-unconstritu... (this was actually submitted as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9255170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9255170 )
- cmadan 12y agoSome handy legends for non-Indian readers - Central = Federal - There are no juries in India. A "bench" of judges usually decides cases related to Constitutional Law. This was a bench of 2 judges - "court order or a government order for getting content taken down" -> I might be wrong, but before, an order from the Police was usually sufficient to block a website - Standard 11 student = A High School Junior student
- denzil_correa 12y ago> I might be wrong, but before, an order from the Police was usually sufficient to block a website Not really. There is an elaborate procedure to block a website [0]. The police can't decide it by themselves. [0] http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/blocking-websites.pdf/ http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/blocking-websi...
- amalag 12y ago> - Standard 11 student = A High School Junior student Or 11th Grade