Tagged “freedom-of-speech”

2 articles on freedom-of-speech.

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India: dismissing the hate-speech batch

On 29 April 2026, a two-judge bench dismissed thirteen writs, two SLPs and eight contempts in the long-running hate-speech batch, holding that constitutional courts cannot create criminal offences, that no legislative vacuum exists in the IPC/BNS framework, and that police failure to register a suo motu FIR is not, by itself, contempt.

Valkya Editorial·2 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Shreya Singhal v. Union of India: striking down Section 66A

On 24 March 2015, a two-judge bench struck down Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, reshaping India's online-speech and intermediary-liability law.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min