Scrapping of criminal defamation law would lead to anarchy, Centre tells SC

The Centre on Thursday stoutly defended the law for making defamation an offence saying that scrapping of the law would lead to anarchy in the society when people would get away with impunity even after destroying the hard-earned reputation of a person.

Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi told the court that such a penal provision is a must in the present era of social media when reputation of a person can be sullied in the fraction of a second. He said that such activities could not be allowed under the guise of constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression.
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