{"id":282212,"date":"2023-01-23T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=282212"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T04:42:14","slug":"madras-hc-sets-aside-unsuitable-conditions-holds-freedom-of-speech-not-to-be-curtailed-legal-research-legal-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/23\/madras-hc-sets-aside-unsuitable-conditions-holds-freedom-of-speech-not-to-be-curtailed-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court sets aside unsuitable conditions imposed by police for birthday celebration of LTTE leader Prabhakaran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Madras High Court<\/span>: In a writ petition filed by the petitioner contesting the conditions imposed by the police\/respondents. The Single Judge Bench of G. Chandrasekharan, J. held that the police has to permit the petitioner to conduct an oratory competition on the 68th Birth Anniversary of Prabakaran the leader of the banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (‘LTTE') and set aside unsuitable conditions imposed on the petitioner. The conditions that the speeches should not eulogise Prabakaran was held to be not just and appropriate.Also, the condition to conduct the programme between 10 a.m to 1.00 p.m. was held to be improper. They also held that the respondent cannot require the petitioner to video graph the entire programme and can do the same independently.<\/p>\n

The Court noted that inPugazendhi Thangaraj v The Inspector of Police<\/i> W.P.No.33057 of 2022, the Court had permitted the petitioner to conduct oratory competition with suitable conditions imposed by the police In pursuance of that order, the respondent imposed certain conditions. Of these conditions, the petitioner did not have qualms over few conditions. However, the petitioner contested the conditions that:<\/p>\n