Saurabh Nanda <saurabhna...@...> writes: > > Does anyone know of organized (preferably mass) protests against Section 69A > and 69B of the IT-Act, 2009? > > [1] http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/06/07/stories/2009060750090300.htm > [2] http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=969 > > Saurabh.
Thanks Saurabh, an interesting read. My perspective on this: There have been enough instances in the past of government accumulating powers that can be abused. The way such power is abused is generally: shoot first, let the person who is shot clean up the mess. Obviously pretty unfair. The best way of dealing with such abuse is to make government truly accountable for its actions. Design a process that is a millstone that fits around the neck of each official that abuses such power. The RTI is one such millstone (unfortunately accruing cruft to curb its power, but still a shining example of something that really helped). Clauses such as 69A/B may need to have an accountability/millstone provision added (if RTI isn't enough). Governance in India fails regularly because the people it affects aren't aware of the abuse of law failure path. This partly due to huge currents of inertia in culture and neglect of education. Fighting against the current with protests is a valuable way of making India a better place. PJ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
