Hate Speech Laws in India (Paper)
- Ayush Raj, MNLU Nagpur
- December 25, 2020
Content :
Hate corrodes the beauty of individual. It destroys a person’s sense of values. The ideology of hate often gets converted in a “social common sense” which maligns the conviction of society and presents itself as hate speech. Hate speech is a by -product of free speech. In a free democratic society, it is inevitable to attain a society with zero hate speech instances. The urgent need to control hate speech is irrefutable and hence this research paper deals with the laws which are in command to regulate hate speeches in India. This paper primarily focuses on the various laws that are enacted to check the origin and spread of hate speech in India. The author has also dealt with the causes, impact, examples and the solution of this giant evil of the society in order to provide a holistic understanding of this issue. Laws and judgments, in this regard are open to vivid interpretation and it is really important to get to the core of the legislation or judgment, so as to effectively implement them and proceed towards a hate free society.
