Supreme Court of India · 2024-03-19
Apoorva Arora vs State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi)
- Citation / case number
- 2024 INSC 223
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Apoorva Arora
- Respondent
- State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi)
- Author
- Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
- Bench
- Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, A.S. Bopanna
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court quashed the FIR against the appellants under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, ruling that the High Court's dismissal of their petition under Section 482 of the CrPC was erroneous. The Court emphasized that the content in question did not meet the threshold of obscenity as defined by the community standard test. The judgment clarified that the mere use of vulgar language does not automatically constitute an offence under the IT Act, thereby upholding the principle of free expression.