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Free Speech Needs Watchdogs
Date: Feb 08, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
Democracy is not a Spectator Sport; it is a Participatory Event Is free speech under threat? Can the establishment control my lawful liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith or worship? The spirit of 'reasonable' restrictions is well taken by the citizens but there is no doubt that all governments stretch the idea beyond absurdity. At Common Cause, we believe that the citizens' rights to Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are nonnegotiable. But ideologies apart, aut...
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The Right To Be Forgotten
Date: Feb 08, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
The Right To Be Forgotten Requires Deliberate Rulemaking ...
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Hate Speech And The Constitution
Date: Feb 08, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
‘Public Order’ and the Indian Constitution *Sarvjeet Singh and Parul Sharma The right to freedom of speech and expression is one of th...
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Crushing Dissent, The Indian Way
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
Difference of Opinion is the Lifeline of Democracy  ...
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Free Speech And Communal Identity
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
Gag Order On Identity Politics May Prove Counterproductive &nbs...
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Sedition Law And Free Speech
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
NO COUNTRY FOR DISSENT A Vague Sedition Law is Antithetical to Free Speech ...
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Digital Divide And Lack Of Access
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
DIGITAL RIGHTS AND DIGITAL DIVIDE Lack of Internet Access Undermines Freedom of Speech and Expression * Osama Manzar and Shivani Lal When one comes ...
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Common Cause Case Updates
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: October-December, 2016
Volume: Vol. XXXV No. 4
Supreme Court: New Intervention: Even though the Central Government was fully aware that the Director CBI, Mr. Anil Sinha, was demitting office on December 2, 2016, it failed to convene a meeting of the selection committee for selecting the new director of the CBI. In order to safeguard the independence of the CBI against executive interventions, a detailed procedure has been laid down in Section 4A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, as amended by the Lokpal and Lokayukta...
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