This refers to the report “Centre’s guideline on Sec 66(A) of IT Act has no backing of law” (November 30). By definition, law is “a rule or system of rules recognised by a country or community as governing the actions of its members”, while justice, simply put, is “the administration of law in a fair and reasonable way”. The apex court’s considering taking suo motu cognisance of the recent arrests, and its surprise to the fact that nobody had so far challenged the provision (contained in Section 66 (A)) of the Information Technology Act, points to the catastrophic phase our country’s architecture responsible for dispensation of justice is going through. In the absence of a will to administer law in a fair and reasonable way, guidelines from the government and rulings from court will have limited potency. This will should come as a credible message from the highest level. It will be next to impossible to make laws mischief-proof.
M G Warrier, Thiruvananthapuram
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