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TopicFreedom of speech

Topic: Freedom of speech

Metric system to taking offence & the portrait of Dorian Trump

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Madras HC directs Centre to unblock Ananda Vikatan website after removal of Modi cartoon

Court yet to decide whether cartoon comes under freedom of speech & expression, or affects friendly foreign ties. Judge directs media outlet to temporarily remove cartoon.

In political crosshairs over a Modi cartoon, Tamil media giant Vikatan has a long history of defiance

Before the current crackdown on Vikatan by BJP-led Centre, past AIADMK & DMK-led state govts have also taken it to court for defaming their leaders & parties over cartoons, articles.

Like & share or unsubscribe? Delhi HC may decide what influencers can or cannot say in their videos

It'll examine boundaries of free speech for social media influencers, following a spate of cases over 'disparaging' content about consumer brands. The latest involves a whey protein brand.

Why HC called changes to IT rules, which allowed setting up of fact-check units, ‘arbitrary restriction’

Justice Atul Chandurkar said the restrictions aim to prevent dissemination of information as envisaged under IT Act, added it’s not on the Centre to determine if some info is fake or true.

Quashing ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under Goondas Act, HC questions Tamil Nadu govt’s intentions

Quashing Savukku Shankar's detention under Goondas Act, HC emphasises that speeches criticising govt can't be termed threat to public order.

Ashok Vajpeyi’s Nehru lecture was all about Modi. And the state of ‘free’ institutions

According to Vajpeyi, ultimate freedom is not found in any constitution of the world. So how can it be found in the Constitution of India?

The growing hypocrisy of Al Jazeera is getting harder to ignore now

Al Jazeera wants India to be perfectly secular & democractic. But what about Qatar?

Subscriber Writes: Political correctness, wokeism & freedom of speech

When a nation's constitution grants its citizens freedom of speech, does it mean that individuals can say whatever they want or are there any reasonable limits to such freedom?

SC reverses 2011 UAPA rulings, says ‘mere membership’ of banned organisation an offence

Overruling the 2011 judgments, SC says they failed to consider the different position of laws in US & India. Right to freedom of speech not absolute in India, it adds.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.