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On matters of great public interest the Supreme Courts proceedings should be televised. Cameras in court will allow the public to see justice being done says SAURAV DATTA with reference to the Thanthi...
View ArticleScandalizing the court time for reform
What is so special about our judges that they should be insulated from public criticism or comment that other public officials have to face on a daily basis asks PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU Image...
View ArticleCourt reporting a difficult art
Sloppiness by journalists and misuse of contempt powers by judges results in poor reporting. PRASHANT THIKKAVARAPU explains whats wrong.
View ArticleDoval threatens OSA axe
Reporting on national security is as hard as ever despite the RTI Act. PRASHANT REDDY T. explains how the Official Secrets Act effectively silences journalists Photo credit India Today website.
View ArticleThe muddle of contempt laws
Dhaka based journalist David Bergman has been convicted of contempt over his blog on the Bangladesh War of Liberation. RAKESH SHUKLA argues for the law to be revised Photo credit bdnews24.com.
View ArticleOnline Censorship laws needs reform
The law allows authorities to block large amounts of content in secrecy without adequate demonstration of necessity and in a disproportionate manner. The rules for blocking provide little by way of...
View ArticleNo crime no ban surely
The ban on Indias Daughter is unjustified. It breaks no law and is a criticism of India rather than a defamation says M. SRIDHAR ACHARYULU. Pix India TV
View ArticleDelhi High Court bats for free speech
Its judgement on Greenpeace amounts to a judicial whipping of the governments position. But its ruling on the AAP poster issue is odd says PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU. Pix livelaw.in
View ArticleNone of Jaitleys arguments stand scrutiny
While in London Arun Jaitley defended the ban on Indias Daughter. MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR ACHARYULU finds gaping holes in his arguments. Pix Bignewslive.in
View ArticleMere criticism is not seditious Bombay High Court on Aseem Trivedis cartoons
Freedom of speech cannot be encroached upon if there is no incitement to violence or intention of disrupting public order says the judgement. Along with guidelines on written legal opinion before...
View ArticleCan guidelines prevent misuse of bad laws
As two recent incidents show guidelines for Sec 66 A of the IT Act and now for sedition are scant protection. The law itself is flawed says GEETA SESHU. Pix Azam Khan
View ArticleWhat next for the section 66A cases
For a law that was just barely four years old it was an extraordinary unleashing of police powers against a range of ordinary users of the Internet. GEETA SESHU says the process had become the...
View ArticleA blow for free speech
In an impressive judgement the Supreme Court has protected free speech by striking down Section 66A of the IT Act. PRASHANT R THIKKAVARAPU explains the reasoning behind it. Pix left Nariman right...
View ArticleThe Sunday Indian in the dock again
The Tata Groups case of criminal defamation against the magazine has been re opened after seven years. PRASHANT R THIKKAVARAPU examines the Delhi High Courts ruling. Pix April 27 2014 issue of The...
View ArticleLets decriminalize defamation
The latest attempt to bring this about is welcome because this law constitutes an unreasonable restriction on free speech. APARAJITA LATH who has been a victim lays out the argument for...
View ArticleThe law that muzzles free speech
Imagine this Rahul Gandhi accused of defaming the RSS joins forces with sworn enemy Subramanian Swamy to overturn the criminal defamation law. PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU propounds this delicious...
View ArticleCan free speech be stretched horizontally
The fracas over the publication of an e zine by students of St Stephens College tests the elasticity of freedom of speech. Will Article 19 apply to restrictions by private citizens against one another...
View ArticleMeghalaya High Court gags the press
An already beleaguered media in this hill state will lose its freedom after this order. LINDA CHHAKCHHUAK reports Pix Meghalaya High Court taken from the official website.
View ArticleVictory for Kashmir documentary
Pankaj Butalia wins the right to screen the Textures of Loss without the Censor Boards cuts. PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU explains why. Pix Pankaj Butalia incrisd.slashnode.in
View ArticleMedia silent on Katju charges
Justice Katju accuses the CJI of corruption and gets away with it. Why is there silence from the mainstream media on the issue Yet this is a giant leap for the judiciary argues PRASHANT REDDY...
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