Day: 24 February 2015
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Freedom of Speech: Curtailed yet again?
By Monika Dilip Banode, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory body under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952. Films can be publicly exhibited in India only after they have been certified by the Central Board of…
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Struggle for Dignity: The Voice of Queer Peripheral
By Ankit Sharma, Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun. “Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” –Ernest Gaines Should the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender collectively known as ‘THE LGBT’ community in India continue to remain in the shadow of criminality? The de-criminalisation of homosexuality…