'FREEDOM OF SPEECH BEING ABUSED': SC AMID MODI, RSS CARTOONS ROW

The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to freedom of speech and expression was being “abused” while hearing the plea of a cartoonist accused of sharing objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers on social media.

- Abraham Thomas

Questioning the reason for sharing the cartoons, a bench of justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar said, “Look at these cartoonists and stand-up comedians, what they do... Particularly these youngsters have come up. They have no maturity. In this case, he is an adult of about 50 years, which is much worse.” Referring to the current case of cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who sought anticipatory bail in the mat