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The Many Ups and Downs in the Battle of Section 377

On September 6, 2018 By Gayatri Gupta In Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Equality, Explainer, Free Speech, Fundamental Rights, Privacy

In this post, the author traces the history of Section 377 and the queer movement in India. Starting from the implementation of this section in the colonial era to Naz and Koushal judgment, this post is one stop destination to understand the incidents that finally led to the Navtej Johar judgment.

Review: Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India

On October 21, 2017 By Douglas McDonald-Norman In Book Review, Free Speech

Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India (2017) is not Gautam Bhatia’s Offend, Shock and Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution (2016). Admittedly, both books are examinations of free …

Freedom of Speech

On September 26, 2017 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Constitutional Law, Free Speech

In a new book published this month, “Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India” (Penguin, 2017), I argue that the enactment of the Constitution in 1950 made little substantive difference to the right …

Indian Courts on the National Anthem & the National Song: The Law as it Was, Is & Might be

On September 4, 2017 By Guest In Allahabad High Court, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Supreme Court of India

by Sujoy Chatterjee The National Football League (NFL) in the U.S. has been in the news of late, for football players allegedly disrespecting the U.S. national anthem by kneeling/sitting/silently demonstrating during the playing of the …

Koushal v Naz: The Legislative Court

On December 22, 2013 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Delhi High Court, Discrimination, Free Speech, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India

[This post follows up on my previous post on this judgment on this blog.] In Koushal v Naz—the case being touted as one of its worst judgments—a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently …