What is conversion therapy, why was it banned in Colorado and what does Supreme Court ruling say? Supreme Court conversion therapy case explainedWhat is conversion therapy, why was it banned in Colorado and what does Supreme Court ruling say? The Supreme Court conversion therapy case...
31 Mar, 2026, 09.19 PM IST
Free speech works in 'all directions'The court order is welcome. It upholds that free speech is a key ingredient of any democracy, and indirectly nudges states to be open to di...
22 Sep, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
No additional curbs on free speech rights of public functionaries: SCThe court ruled that a fundamental right under Article 19 (Right to freedom of speech and expression) and 21 (protection of life and person...
03 Jan, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
Free speech not to be exercised only if in line with majority; right to dissent essence of democracy: Delhi HCIn the petition, the petitioner had claimed that certain excerpts from the book were "agitating the Hindu community" while threatening the ...
27 Nov, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Arrests under sedition charges rise but conviction falls to 3%Between 2016 and 2019, the number of cases filed under Section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) increased by 160% while the ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.51 AM IST
Take cognisance of suspension of internet during protest, Tehseen Poonawalla urges CJIUnder the present government, India holds the "disgraceful record of most internet ban amongst democracies across the globe" Poonawalla sai...
08 Feb, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
Peaceful dissent cannot be dubbed anti-national: SC Judge Deepak Gupta"A citizen has the right to get together (with other citizens) and protest but in a peaceful manner. The government is not always right. We...
25 Feb, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Blanket labelling of dissent as anti-national hurts ethos of democracy: Justice ChandrachudDelivering a lecture here in Gujarat, Justice Chandrachud also said that use of state machinery to curb dissent instills fear, which violat...
15 Feb, 2020, 10.42 PM IST
View: Curbing dissent in the name of nationalism can be disastrousA massive electoral mandate can’t become the reason to extinguish the democratic chatter altogether.
01 Sep, 2019, 11.31 AM IST
EC wants to set new precedent of 'dark secrets', 'secluded chambers': CongressOn Tuesday, the poll panel rejected with a majority vote Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded in its orders on model code ...
22 May, 2019, 12.02 PM IST
Free speech being censored in different ways & forms: Amol PalekarThe new advisory committees will take decisions relating to future exhibitions.
11 Feb, 2019, 09.10 AM IST
No room for intolerant Indian but allow legitimate dissent: President Pranab MukherjeeThe President said, “Those in Universities must engage in reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagate a culture of unrest.
03 Mar, 2017, 01.14 AM IST
India is a great and stable country: Italian Trade CommissionerItalian Trade Commissioner said that Italy "believes" in India and it does not have to "prove" anything to establish that it is a "very sta...
08 Mar, 2016, 04.39 PM IST
What is happening in JNU? Foreign scholars ask Vice ChancellorForeign scholars have asked the Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar about reasons behind him "jumping to unwarranted conclusions".
22 Feb, 2016, 09.51 PM IST
Former PM Manmohan Singh deplores 'blatant violation' of right to freedom of thoughtThe senior Congress leader said that all right-thinking people have condemned such incidents in the strongest term as an "assault on the na...
07 Nov, 2015, 01.53 AM IST
Will return award if Akademi doesn't make a clear stand: Anita DesaiHer comments came after at least 34 writers handed over their Sahitya Akademi awards in the aftermath of the killing M M Kalburgi.
21 Oct, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Law of sedition belongs to colonial-era; it must be scrapped to prevent its misuseThe sedition law is utterly anachronistic in democratic India, and must be scrapped. To retain it is to invite its misuse to suppress disse...
12 Sep, 2012, 06.05 AM IST