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Several steps forward but miles to go in the battle for a hate-free India: Supreme Court in 2023

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With multiple guidelines on curbing hate speech issued by Supreme Court in 2023 (and 2022 before that) continue to fall on deaf ears, how do citizens ensure a hate free 2024?
India

“Mockery of democracy”: Supreme Court on Chandigarh Mayoral Election misconduct

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The Bench orders for the presence of the Presiding Officer at next hearing for defacing ballot papers during the said elections to explain his behaviour; states an appropriate interim order by Punjab and Haryana HC was warranted in the matter
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

From a former CM to a symbol of Adivasi resistance: Hemant Soren’s statement in Jharkand Assembly

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Between February 1 when former CM, Hemant Soren was was arrested and Monday, February 5 when the floor test on the floor of the Jharkand state assembly re-established the Champai Soren government firmly in saddle, Soren has acquired a cult following on social media, with Monday’s speech in the state assembly going viral multiple times over
India

‘Slip of Tongue,’ now says BJP MP who had promised CAA in 7 Days

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BJP’s Matua community leader Shantanu Thakur, backtracks, now says that he actually wanted to say that the process of framing the citizenship rules would be completed within a week.
Education

The Reign of Unfreedom: IIT-Bombay & the cancellation of the Dr Ganesh Devy lecture

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Rabindranath Tagore, the poet and philosopher, dreamed of a decolonised India to be a country where “the mind” would be “without fear” and “knowledge” would be “free”.
Hate Speech

Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari arrested by Gujarat ATS for delivering provocative speech

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After being detained for almost 12 hours, Azhari was taken to Gujarat; hundreds protested the detention outside the police station; Suresh Chavhanke of the notorious Sudarshan News TV indulged in communal diatribe while reporting on the case against Azhari
Culture

Muzaffar Ali and his English language autobiography, Zikr:  hope for a beleaguered India?

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The author, a History professor at AMU, writes on the discussion that took place at the prestigious university last week, on January 25 and 6, 2024 with young students faced with the divisive politics of today
Communalism

When the Supreme Court directed protection for the Gyan Vapi Mosque, upheld the Places of Worship Act, 1991 (1994, 1995, 1997)

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In back to back orders passed by different benches of the Supreme Court (SC), in the wake of the violent mobilization that led to the catastrophic demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, the SC directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, district administration and state and law enforcement agencies to protect the historic Gyan Vapi Masjid, Varanasi, Shahi Idgah Mosque, Mathura and moreover observed that the Places of Worship Act (PWA), 1991 must be implanted.
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