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Censorship and democracy
The bid remanding the contented of assistance of censor certificate to the movie Jana Nayagan volition lone further hold its release. Apart from the producers of the movie being hurt, radical excessively would suffer an accidental to get to cognize what the movie is each about. Freedom of expression, peculiarly successful movies, is important for the dissemination of ideas and views. It is simply a close guaranteed nether Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
The landmark judgement of the Supreme Court, successful S. Rangarajan vs P. Jagjivan Ram (1989), emphasises successful much than 1 spot that state of look cannot beryllium suppressed connected relationship of threats of violence. The Court further held that specified an enactment would “tantamount to negation of the regularisation of instrumentality and a surrender to blackmail and intimidation. It is the work of the authorities to support the state of look since it is simply a liberty guaranteed by the State.”
Though a tenable regularisation tin beryllium placed nether Article 19(2), it cannot supersede the close itself. The mode the concern is going about, it appears arsenic if the cardinal close to state of code and look is subordinate to the restrictions imposed upon it.
N.G.R. Prasad,
Chennai
Legends ne'er quit
Novak Djokovic has done it again aft 4 hours and 9 minutes of tennis that pushed his assemblage and caput to the limit. It was a testament to resilience, focus, and relentless determination. In those high-pressure moments, Djokovic did not conscionable survive. He thrived.
A.P. Thiruvadi,
Chennai
