Section 66A of the Information Technology Act was’ struck down under Art. 19(1)(a) read with Article 19(2) in the case of:
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Section 66A of the IT Act was struck down in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) as unconstitutional for violating Article 19(1)(a). The section's vague terms ('annoying,' 'inconvenient') were held to be overbroad and capable of suppressing legitimate speech.