At the time, Article 19(2) of the Constitution contained very limited exceptions to the right to free speech. Interestingly, since 1951, this exception to the right to free speech has seldom been used. Among other things, it introduced three new exceptions to the right to free speech. Mookerjee was one of the primary targets of the first amendment to the Constitution, by which the words “friendly relations with foreign States” were introduced as an exception to the right to free speech. Ambedkar in his speech in support of the Bill, was that it was intended merely to prevent the defamation of foreign state heads.

Source: The Hindu July 26, 2016 19:07 UTC