I began a discussion with Madhav Khosla after reading his interesting take on Justice Kaul’s “smoking” judgment. Unfortunately, owing to certain intervening events, I lost the...
The FMP’s panel discussion on ‘Is religion beyond media’s scrutiny?’ brought forth interesting responses. Some speakers, notably Chandan Mitra and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan...
The recent refusal of the Supreme Court to come to the aid of D.Ajith, facing harassment from Shiv Sena which has filed a criminal complaint against him alleging criminal intimidation and outraging...
The Foundation for Media Professionals, New Delhi, is organising a panel discussion on ‘Is Religion beyond media scrutiny?’ on March 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (followed by lunch)at India...
Does section 295A of the Indian Penal Code prohibit us from criticising religion? In an outrageous act, police arrested the editor and publisher of The Statesman for re-publishing an article by...
The appeal filed by the Supreme Court against the of the decision of the Central Information Commission in the judges’ assets declaration case has been discussed on this blog here and here. In...
Last week, Tarunabh posted details of two new free speech orders that had been passed. In one of the orders, the judgment of which can be found here, the Delhi High Court struck down the ban on...
The Delhi High Court has overturned the ban on depiction of smoking in films, and the Supreme Court has cleared the screening of ‘Deshdrohi’ in Maharashtra. The latter appears to be an...
Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, senior advocate and noted legal scholar, has released a new book on free speech in India titled “Publish and be Damned: Censorship and Intolerance in India” (Tulika...
One aspect of this week’s atrocity in Mumbai is the questionable role of 24/7 news channels. This report claims that ‘Vying for fresh material, they announced attacks where none had...