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prints an article aimed at #Colours #FeativalofColors

creating hatred and enmity


between two groups of people i.e

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The article read : “B and the Chief Mar 28, 2021

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 Can the reporter, editor, printer In contemporary times, it is


necessary and need of the
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The factual position being


admitted, let us straight away cut
to the chase, and examine
whether a case under section
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153A IPC is made out or not. The


outcome will depend on the
answer to the following questions Mar 3, 2021

: Rahul's IAS
@RahulsIAS

Whether the impugned article The festival of Lohri gives


strength and resolve to bring
has the effect of promoting happiness in the life by hard
work and dedication. It gives
enmity between different us a belief that warmth brings
happiness and life has
groups on the grounds of greatness despite all
religion, race, place of birth, odds.#HappyLohri
#RahulsIAS #Celebrations
residence, language, caste, #Festival #Lohri2021

community or any other


ground ? ; and
Whether this act is prejudicial
to the maintenance of
harmony between different
groups or castes or
communities if the acts disturb Jan 12, 2021

the public tranquility ?;


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In the factual matrix, both the This day was chosen to


honour the birthday of Swami
issues are decided in favour of the Vivekananda, one of India’s

accused and no offence is made


greatest spiritual and social
leaders. He saw hope for the
out, for the following reasons :- future in every child and
believed that with “muscles of
iron and nerves of steel“ they

1. Section 153A IPC was enacted could bring about social


change-
to check communal and #NationalYouthDay2021

fissiparous tendencies.
Therefore, the ‘intention to
promote feelings of enmity
and hatred’ is conditio sine qua
non for liability u/s 153A IPC.
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There is nothing on record to


prove requisite mens rea on the Jan 11, 2021

part of the functionaries of ‘X


Embed View on Twitter
Times’. The article, though
strongly worded appears to be
a legitimate journalistic
exercise, compatible with the
constitutional right and
freedom of press. ‘B’ if
aggrieved by these
imputations, and if they are
infact found to be scurrilous or
defamatory, has to have his
remedy elsewhere.
2. Secondly, the section is
intended to apply with respect
to a definite and ascertainable
class of people. The class
contemplated under the
section should be capable of
being clearly defined and
separable. Seen in this light,
‘capitalists’  or ‘labour class’ do
not constitute classes or
communities within the
meaning of this Section. These
words lack the certainty
required and overlapping inter-
se these categories cannot be
ruled out. (Reference in this
regard may be had to the

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judgment in Maniben Kara,


(1932) 34 Nom LT 1642). 
Therefore, the impugned
article of the accused persons
cannot be said to promote
enmity or disharmony
amongst two
groups/communities/classes
as such.
3. Furthermore, in order to
attract liability under this
section, the article has to be
read as a whole, and stray
extracts, which might be
strongly worded, cannot be
read shorn out of context. The
prosecution has not led in
evidence the entire text of the
article; In absence of such
evidence, it is hard to ascribe
the requisite intention to the
accused persons. The court has
to be particularly mindful in
cases like the present one,
where attribution of liability
can have grave ramifications
for the constitutionally
guaranteed freedom of speech
and expression, which also has
implicit within it, the

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concomitant citizen’s right to


information.
4. Furthermore, the effect of the
words must be judged from
the standards of reasonable,
strong-minded, firm and
courageous men and not those
of weak and vacillating minds.
So read, it cannot be said, by
any stretch of imagination,
that the contents of the article
have the potentiality of leading
to violence, enmity or hatred
amongst reasonable men
belonging to either group.

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