Religious Offence and Censorship of Publications - An Enquiry Through the Prism of Indian Laws and the Judiciary

This book analyses the role of laws and judiciary in the process of censorship in India. It examines the rationales and observations produced by the judiciary when demands for censorship are directed against publications that allegedly offend religious sentiments.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Cases
Introduction
1 Censorship of Publications in Colonial India: The Genesis of a Legal Idea
2 Freedom of Expression and Religious Vilifications: Decoding the Constitutional and Legal Definition of ‘Limits’
3 Preventing Religious Offence: Law, Courts and Freedom of Expression
4 Law and Legal Process as Hurdles
5 Non-state Actors as Censors: The Legal Position
Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

Nishant Kumar teaches Political Science at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India. After finishing his undergraduate studies from Hindu College (DU) and postgraduate studies from the Centre from Political Studies (JNU), he completed his PhD from King’s College London, UK, as Commonwealth Scholar. His areas of interest include political theory, constitutional law in South Asia and intellectual history. He is currently also the coordinator of IHRG (Intellectual History Research Group), an international group of scholars working in the field of the history of ideas in India.

Summary

This book analyses the role of laws and judiciary in the process of censorship in India. It examines the rationales and observations produced by the judiciary when demands for censorship are directed against publications that allegedly offend religious sentiments.

Product details

• Authors: Nishant Kumar, Nishant (Christ (Deemed to Be University)) Kumar, Kumar Nishant
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032384993
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238499-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, India, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Freedom of expression law