Search Results for Tag : Expression

Blast from the Past

Protecting ‘morality’: Sparks in the wrong powder keg(30.03.1989)

The Central Board of Film Certification’s trimming of movies to conform to the ‘morals of society’ may occasionally lead to ‘silent’, blurry and somew.....

Tags : Film certification, intolerance, freedom of expression

Abrogating the right to demonstrations(07.07.1958)

Striking and protesting, recognised as purveyors of social change in the country basically borne from them, are both a scourge and boon. How much so w.....

Tags : Demonstration, freedom of expression, government servant

News

Kerala HC: Mere Disturbance of Law & Order is 'No' Ground To Curtail Freedom Granted To Film Maker(29.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has observed that mere disturbance of law and order was not a ground to curtail freedom guaranteed to film maker under Article 19(1).....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Speech, Expression

Kerala HC: Mere Disturbance of Law & Order is 'No' Ground To Curtail Freedom Granted To Film Maker(29.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has observed that mere disturbance of law and order was not a ground to curtail freedom guaranteed to film maker under Article 19(1).....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Speech, Expression

Kerala HC: Expression of Name is Part of Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression(04.05.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that expression of one's name in the manner one wishes is a Fundamental Right enshrined under Article 19(1)(a) of the Const.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Expression of Name

Madras HC: Media Must be Enlightened With Regards to Limitations on Freedom of Speech & Expressions(08.06.2023)

Madras High Court while making observation about media trial in criminal cases stated that the real need of the hour is to educate and enlighten media.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Freedom of Speech & Expressions, Media Trial, Criminal Cases

Bom HC: Merely Because Speech is in Commercial Context, It Won’t Lose Ingredients of Free Expression(30.01.2025)

Bom HC has stated that commercial speech is eminently part of free speech. It is not easy to prohibit a party from expressing itself about its grievan.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Commercial Context, Free Expression

SC: Police Officers Constitutionally Bound to Protect Freedom of Expression(31.03.2025)

Supreme Court has emphasized that police officers have a duty to abide by Constitution and respect its ideas as part of State under Article 12 of the .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Freedom of Expression, Article 12

SC: For Welfare Purposes Like Pension Scheme, Expression 'Mother' Should Not be a Static Expression(08.08.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing a matter regarding pension benefit to a stepmother who raised a deceased officer’s son from a very young age, has stated t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Static Expression, Pension Benefit

Allahabad HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to AMU Professor Over Alleged Rape(14.08.2025)

The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to AMU professor Dr. Jitendra Kumar booked for referring to rape in Hindu mythology during a cl.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, AMU, anticipatory bail, Hindu mythology, freedom of expression, academic freedom, IPC 153A, 295A

Allahabad HC Grants Bail to AMU Professor Accused of Linking Rape to Hindu Scriptures(14.08.2025)

The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to AMU professor Dr. Jitendra Kumar booked for referring to examples from Hindu mythology durin.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, AMU, anticipatory bail, Hindu mythology, freedom of expression, academic freedom, IPC 153A, 295A

Bombay HC: Comic Remarks Without Malicious Intent Not Religious Insult(01.05.2026)

Bombay High Court quashed the FIR, holding that mere use of food items in a comic act, without malicious intent, cannot constitute an insult to religi.....

Tags : Religious Insult , FIR Quashed , Freedom of Expression