Madhu Kishwar And Other Cases: Criminal Defamation Has No Place In A Free Society

Madhu Kishwar And Other Cases: Criminal Defamation Has No Place In A Free Society: Another session of Parliament has passed by without any movement on attempts to decriminalise defamation, despite the fact that such a move would enjoy the support from politicians cutting across party lines. While lack of political momentum has doomed any hopes of legislative reform, we continue to see the repeated use of this law to infringe on the citizen’s freedom of expression. Read More