Was that an election speech or speech in ordinary time? In the election speech, so many things are said by politicians to politicians… that is also a wrong but I have to see the criminality of the act,” said the court. It added that otherwise thousands of FIRs may be lodged against all politicians during elections: “If you’re saying something with a smile then there is no criminality, if you’re saying something offensively then criminality. In Opinion | Deafening silence in a year of hate speechThe court on Friday reserved its judgment on Karat’s petition. The petition stated, “The petitioners/complainants, already aggrieved by the failure of police to register an FIR for the commission of cognizable offences amounting to hate speech, have now been relegated by the Ld.

Source: Indian Express March 27, 2022 05:41 UTC