Freedom Of Expression Always Gets Challenged When It Touches Upon Religious Beliefs: Madras HC [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

22 Feb 2019 9:01 PM IST

“It is one thing to make reckless and derogatory remarks against religious beliefs and it is entirely another thing to express the opinion after reading the entire literature/history of various characters were revered as god or goddess in the society.”

The freedom of expression always gets challenged when it touches upon religious beliefs, said the Madras High Court while granting bail to a man accused of making derogatory comments on Prophet Mohammad. Justice Anand Venkatesh observed that the article published by R. Kalyanaraman only reveals his understanding about the history of prophet. He has not straight away made any...

Freedom Of Expression Always Gets Challenged When It Touches Upon Religious Beliefs: Madras HC [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

“It is one thing to make reckless and derogatory remarks against religious beliefs and it is entirely another thing to express the opinion after reading the entire literature/history of various characters were revered as god or goddess in the society.”

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