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Andhra Pradesh High Court on free speech and media

'State is like parent': Why Andhra Pradesh High Court slammed 'impulsive' defamation cases against local publication

December 30, 2025 3:57 pm

Andhra Pradesh High Court criminal defamation case: The court said individuals and identifiable institutions can seek remedies under defamation law, and government cant' be defamed unless specific officials or departments are targeted with false and malicious imputations.

Charlie Kirk assassination: How Trump’s free speech politics deepens America’s democratic crisis

September 26, 2025 5:36 pm

Trump-led Republican Party came to power by labelling challenges to conservative beliefs as threats to fundamental rights. Now in power, they are enacting actual curbs on the right to free speech

Gag on freedom of expression shouldn’t be a bail condition

June 24, 2025 12:51 pm

The SC earlier held that a gag order neither fits the illustrative bail conditions under Sections 437 and 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, nor does it have any nexus to a proper investigation or to secure the attendance of the accused

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: What a free speech regime requires

June 13, 2025 7:44 am

Crisis of free speech is crisis of social mistrust. Each act of legal censorship is a vote of no confidence in our autonomous agency

One must differentiate between freedom of expression

Dear Editor, I disagree: Not all speech is free

June 12, 2025 11:41 am

Condemning arrests for online posts, like Sharmistha Panoli’s, is crucial. But the discourse on free speech must be shaped by consistent legal principles, not selective outrage

The real question is not whether we agree with what Sharmistha Panoli said

June 03, 2025 12:26 pm

It is whether we are willing to live in a country where the price of speaking is a prison cell

There is a line between criticising the government and breaking the law. India’s courts have said it many times

May 28, 2025 1:14 pm

Bombay High Court has pulled up the police for arresting a college girl in Pune for merely sharing an Instagram post on Operation Sindoor

Justice Oka: The people’s judge, a champion of liberty

May 23, 2025 6:24 pm

He has been instrumental in relaxing bail conditions in special statutes like the UAPA and the PMLA, and often came down heavily on authorities for arbitrary and illegal demolitions

India’s legislative, judicial and political history has had many alibis for muzzling free speech.

Suhas Palshikar writes on Pahalgam and free speech: How liberal is this democracy?

May 22, 2025 12:17 pm

That is the question when someone is arrested for what he says, or when we demand that someone be arrested for what he said

US town tried to take down bakery's painting of pastries, muffins. What happened next

May 21, 2025 9:03 pm

The question arose over whether the mural was a piece of art or an advertisement.

FREE SPEECH VIDEOS

Highlights: Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s speech at the Ramnath Goenka memorial lecture

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

Justice Ranjan Gogoi spoke at length about the state of the Indian judiciary at the third Ramnath Goenka memorial lecture - The Vision of Justice. Among other things, he said there is a need for independent journalists and "sometimes, noisy judges".