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The Congress government led by CM Siddaramaiah has drafted the new hate speech legislation in part to overcome judicial reluctance

Karnataka hate speech Bill exposes Congress’s failure to tackle hate politically

December 18, 2025 6:21 pm

Congress’s reliance on legal means to combat formidable political force of Sangh Parivar shows lack of foresight, organisational reach

Why Karnataka’s new hate speech law is being criticised

December 13, 2025 1:05 pm

The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 states that its objective is to ‘curb and prevent dissemination, publication or promotion of hate speech’

JD(S) youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy said Friday that the Bill amounted to "murder of democracy", and the regional party would also mount a legal battle over the issue.

Civil society group raises 6 issues over Karnataka Hate Speech Bill: definition of 'hate speech' is vague and emotion-based

December 12, 2025 3:53 pm

While JD(S) youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy said The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill amounted to "murder of democracy", the BJP has also opposed it.

In the absence of a specific statute, Indian law enforcement agencies invoke a cluster of provisions from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to deal with cases involving hate speech.

All about Karnataka’s new Hate Speech Bill, how the issue is regulated across India

December 08, 2025 7:30 am

Karnataka is the first state in India to introduce a Bill for targeting hate speech. It highlights a longstanding legislative gap in India — while the term “hate speech” is often used in popular discourse, it is not formally defined in India’s criminal laws.

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

International Day for Countering Hate Speech 2025: All you need to know. (Source: Shutterstock)

International Day for Countering Hate Speech 2025: Know the theme, history, and significance behind the day

June 19, 2025 6:49 am

International Day for Countering Hate Speech 2025: It is being commemorated on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, with the theme "Hate Speech and Artificial Intelligence Nexus: Building coalitions to reclaim inclusive and secure environments free of hatred."

Rajya Sabha may form panel to probe hate speech charges against HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav

June 10, 2025 1:43 pm

Six months after Opposition MPs submitted a representation to Jagdeep Dhankhar with 55 signatures to bring an impeachment motion against the Allahabad High Court judge, verification of the signatures is underway

Sharmistha Panoli’s arrest and a question: Whose free speech?

June 03, 2025 7:02 am

Forget Supreme Court rulings, forget the Constitution; need to check who controls the police in the thana

‘Essential that such words be uttered in presence of person offended’: Uttarakhand court while acquitting man in hate speech case

April 21, 2025 9:30 am

The order also said that the prosecution could not access the original source of the electronic evidence and relied solely on a video circulated on social media to file charges

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Most hate speeches we see are against minorities, oppressed classes: Supreme Court judge Justice A S Oka

April 06, 2025 2:13 am

“There are instances in India where there are hate speeches against the religious minorities and attempts are made to provoke members of the majority to attack a religious minority,” he said.

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TMC encouraging hooliganism: BJP

January 06, 2016 11:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 06 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nalin Kohli on Wednesday said that the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) is encouraging hooliganism and spreading communalism in the state in regard to the TMC leader's hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that when a party leader compares a Prime Minister with terrorists and the party keeps silent it indicates the party is in support of it. He added that the language used by TMC political leader is not nationalist.