Not only Modi, Manmohan, even Nehru and Patel didnt want free speech

March 24, 2015 20:28

The Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that criminalised the posting of "offensive" content online.

Politicians of all stripes welcomed the judgment too with as much enthusiasm as they had once promulgated and defended Section 66A in the first place.

This cathartic reaction was, in many ways, expected. Freedom of speech winning in India is rare. In fact, the country has a glorious tradition of restricting free speech. So vital is this quality to the nation's lifeblood that the very first amendment made to India's Constitution sought to restrict freedom of speech.

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