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Pushing strongly for de-criminalisation of defamation, political leaders across the spectrum argued in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that continuing with defamation as a penal offence under a colonial law muzzles free speech in a modern welfare state where truth and public debate are considered the greatest ways to good governance.
A Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a batch of petitions filed by political leaders led by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, saw leaders converge in their opinion that criminal defamation stifled freedom of speech and expression under Article 19 (1) of the Constitution, even if the speech made was truthful and meant to foster public debate of matters in the public domain.
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