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W.P. No.666/2022
(b)
Free speech protected under Article 19
and the right to receive information
under Article 19-A of the Constitution
are essential for development, progress
and
prosperity
of
a
society
and
suppression thereof is unconstitutional
and contrary to the democratic values.
(c)
The
criminalization
protection
of
of
defamation,
individual
reputations
through arrest and imprisonment and
the resultant chilling effect violates the
letter
of
the
Constitution
and
the
invalidity thereof is beyond reasonable
doubt.
(d)
The
Prevention
(Amendment)
promulgated
of
Electronic
Ordinance,
in
Crimes
2022
derogation
of
was
the
Constitution and the fundamental rights
guaranteed
Articles
9,
thereunder,
14,
19
and
particularly
19-A.
The
jurisdictional preconditions were also not
in existence.
(e)
The
Prevention
(Amendment)
of
Electronic
Ordinance,
Crimes
2022
and