Practice Tolerance, Intolerance Dangerous To Democracy: Madras HC [Read Order]

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10 March 2019 2:45 PM IST

  • Practice Tolerance, Intolerance Dangerous To Democracy: Madras HC  [Read Order]

    “Open criticism of Government policies and operations is not a ground for restricting expression. We must practice tolerance to the views of others.”

    The Madras High Court, last week, observed that a Governmental Body like World Tamil Sangam should not side with people protesting against a book by denying permission to its author to use their hall for the book release.Justice GR Swaminathan observed that intolerance is dangerous to democracy and there should be a free trade in ideas. T. Lajapathi Roy, Lawyer and Author, had...

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