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Open courts and freedom of media to report Court Proceedings: Unmissable Supreme Court quotes and the iconic Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak’s sedition trial

“Acceptance of a new reality is the surest way of adapting to it. Our public constitutional institutions must find better responses than to complain.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC| “Extreme or harsh opinion is not a hate speech”; HC quashes FIR against Sunaina Holey terming it “hypersensitive and over cautious”

Bombay High Court: In a controversial case, wherein an FIR had been filed against the petitioner, Sunaina Holey for allegedly creating hatred

Obituaries OP. ED.

Soli J. Sorabjee: A champion of human rights and Jazz!

Former Attorney General and an outstanding lawyer, Soli J. Sorabjee succumbed to COVID-19 on April 30, 2021 at the age of 91.

Law made Easy

Criminal Contempt of Courts [What is contempt and what isn’t? Where falls the line?]

by Kamini Sharma†

Case Briefs Supreme Court

FIR is not a detailed chronicle of all intricate and minute details of an offence: Supreme Court [Read what a valid FIR is]

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that the true test of a valid FIR is only whether

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court issues contempt notices to comic Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has issued notice to cartoonist Rachita Taneja

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Freedom & rights cannot armour those who promote & incite violence| 15 notable excerpts on ‘hate speech’ from Supreme Court’s verdict in Amish Devgan case

“In a polity committed to pluralism, hate speech cannot conceivably contribute in any legitimate way to democracy and, in fact, repudiates the right to equality.”

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Internet Humour and Crime : A Struggle Between Freedom and Offence

by Apurv Shaurya*

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Dialectics of Freedom of Expression

by A. Lakshminath* and Mukund Sarda**

Hot Off The Press News

Police should stop victimisation of Republic’s journalists, Republic should behave responsibly: Editors Guild of India

by Nilufer Bhateja*

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Louisiana’s statutory requisite for persons convicted of sex offences, to carry an ID card branded with the words ‘Sex Offender’, declared unconstitutional | Detailed Report

Supreme Court of Louisiana: While determining the constitutionality of statutory requisite under La. R.S. 40:1321(J) and La. R.S. 15:542.1.4(C) that, persons convicted

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Freedom of Speech cannot be extended to such an extent which may be prejudicial to National Interest

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Samit Gopal and Ramesh Sinha, JJ., while addressing the present petition made the following observation: “…the

Fact Checks News

Fact Check: Has any resolution been passed by SCBA to not give farewell to Justice Mishra?

Nilufer Bhateja, Editorial Assistant has put this story together

Hot Off The Press News

BAI shows dismay over Prashant Bhushan contempt verdict; says exercise of contempt jurisdiction in this manner by SC would do more self harm than good

“Trenchant criticisim, commentary, satire and homour help build institutions in a free society.” After a group of lawyers, released a Statement appealing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prashant Bhushan – Tehelka Contempt| Can allegations of corruption against Judges be made publicly? SC frames larger questions

Supreme Court: After it refused to accept the explanation of advocate Prashant Bhushan in the 2009 contempt petition against Advocate Prashant Bhushan