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Battles against hate speech
Hindustan Times Patna
|May 01, 2026
A stringent law could help but the judiciary must ensure that such a statute is not weaponised by the State against dissidents
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In an ideal world, a modern secular republic would not need separate laws curtailing hate speech. Existing provisions clamping reasonable fetters on free speech — as they do in India — would be adequate to deal with elements trying to exploit religious, political or caste-based fault lines for vested interests. In such a world, the police would be impartial in registering cases against those trying to instigate violence.
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