Hate Speech

The constitutional oath of office enjoins a chief minister to govern without ‘fear or favour, affection or ill-will’

While the government introduces safeguards against deep fakes and non-consensual imagery, the amendments also shorten response timelines and expand administrative takedown authority, prompting questions about due process and free expression

CJP turned constitutional ideals into action—defending dignity, curbing organised hate, and pressing for institutional neutrality

CPIM, Annie Raja, former civil servants and clerics seek FIRs, an independent SIT and binding guidelines on speech by constitutional functionaries, alleging sustained communal targeting and abuse of executive authority