Tag: freedom of speech
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Creation of Autonomy
By Shreyan Acharya,Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi. “All Censorships exists to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” George Bernard Shaw The year 1997 was a landmark year, which saw far reaching measures to free the broadcast media from the shackles…
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Media and Censorship
By Deepti Purwar, Law College Dehradun. Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, or authorities. More often than not, there is news of something getting banned somewhere in the world for reasons that seem unreasonable to…
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Censorship of Media in India
By Dewal Nath Tripathi, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi. Censorship of media, which involves the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues of freedom of speech, which is nominally protected by the Indian constitution. This plays a very pivotal role in Indian media and we are bound to follow the rules set…
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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…