Search Results for Tag : freedom of 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

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

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