1st Edition

Religious Offence and Censorship of Publications An Enquiry through the Prism of Indian Laws and the Judiciary

By Nishant Kumar Copyright 2023
196 Pages
by Routledge India

196 Pages
by Routledge India

196 Pages
by Routledge India

This book analyzes the role of laws and the judiciary in the process of censorship in India. It examines the rationales and observations produced by the judiciary when demands for censorship are directed against publications that allegedly offend religious sentiments. Focusing on a micro-level analysis of censorship of publications, it presents a hard case to understand the limitations of freedom... Read more

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Cases

Introduction

1 Censorship of Publications in Colonial India: The Genesis of a Legal Idea

2 Freedom of Expression and Religious Vilifications: Decoding the Constitutional and Legal Definition of ‘Limits’

3 Preventing Religious Offence: Law, Courts and Freedom of Expression

4 Law and Legal Process as Hurdles

5 Non-state Actors as Censors: The Legal Position

Conclusion

References

Index

Biography

Nishant Kumar teaches Political Science at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India. After finishing his undergraduate studies from Hindu College (DU) and postgraduate studies from the Centre from Political Studies (JNU), he completed his PhD from King’s College London, UK, as Commonwealth Scholar. His areas of interest include political theory, constitutional law in South Asia and intellectual history. He is currently also the coordinator of IHRG (Intellectual History Research Group), an international group of scholars working in the field of the history of ideas in India.