SC Judgment on Free Speech: The Mahatma Shows the Way

A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant had to deal with the issue of the extent of freedom of expression and limits of censorship in case of a writing about historically respected persons like Mahatma Gandhi. In its recent judgment, the bench after an elaborate discussion of the case law and legal position in the UK, US, the European Court of Human Rights and of course India laid down certain principles.
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