RECENT AMENMENT

Group admin is requested to close group for 2days as police can take action against admin &
group members vide section 68, 140 & 188 if anyone even by mistake post joke on corona.
Everyone could be in trouble. Hence I draw the attention of group admin to take necessary steps.
Tonight 12 ( midnight) onwards Disaster Management Act has been implemented across the
country. According to this update, apart from the Govt department no other citizen is allowed to
post any update or share any forward related to Corona virus and it being punishable offence.
here is a lot of false information around. These are the facts.
People of all ages CAN be infected by the coronavirus. Older people, and people with
pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more
vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.
Article 14
The petitioners further contended that the section distinguished between medium of print,
broadcast, real live speech as opposed to speech on the internet and therefore new categories of
criminal offences cannot be made on this ground. The defamation law and Section 66A is further
distinguished as under
Defamation Law
∙ Recognizes all modes
∙ Criminal Defamation under Section 499 of IPC has a maximum punishment of about two
year
∙ Defamation is non-cognizable.
Section 66A
∙ Recognizes modes using a computer network or computer resource or communication
device
∙ Online Defamation under Section 66A of IT Act has a maximum punishment of three
years under IT Act
∙ Offence under Section 66A is cognizable
The court finally held that there was an intelligible differentia between the punishments and
types offences categorized as above in the following manner
The reach and scope of the virtual world is much more higher than the real world as information
progresses faster from person to person causing more injury Any person has access to the virtual
world and social networks without a fee. Thus the Section 66A does not violate Article 14
Examples:
1. Fake news damages the society views may converted into negative thoughts
2. From recent news someone post a medicine can cure the corona and people take that
pills and died because of its side effect.
3. There are many fake news like people kill policeman posted through various sites
which effected the core of the society
4. Cold weather and snow cannot kill the coronavirus. This is fake news
5. Intention of the crime is very importante is the person working in bonfide intention