{"id":894,"date":"2020-09-09T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/?p=894"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:21:43","slug":"dissent-not-hate-extinguishing-the-inflammable-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/dissent-not-hate-extinguishing-the-inflammable-hate-speech.html","title":{"rendered":"Dissent, not hate: extinguishing the inflammable hate speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Mr. Varun Sharma and Mr. Abhishek Goyal<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\nL&amp;L Partners Law Offices<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Where there is love there is life<span class=\"su-quote-cite\">Mahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democracy thrives on dissent and citizens\u2019 participation. In fact, a democratic form of government demands that its citizens take an active and intelligent part in the affairs of the community for it to be truly termed as a \u201c<em>government of the people, by the people, for the people<\/em>\u201d. The Honorouble Supreme Court in <a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/341773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram<\/a>, observed, \u201cPublic discussion with Peoples participation is a basic feature and a rational process of democracy.\u201d It is universally recognized that freedom of thoughts and expression is an inalienable right and forms one of the pillars of individual liberty and democracy. Free speech acts as a device to ensure transparency and awareness, much needed in a Democracy, for its citizens to make informed choices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Varun-Sharma-and-Abhishek-Goyal.pdf\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#ef792d;border-color:#c06124;border-radius:7px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:7px 20px;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;border-color:#f4a26c;border-radius:7px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-file-pdf-o\" style=\"font-size:16px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Read the full paper<\/span><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> <\/span>Hate speech, Freedom of speech and expression, Fundamental rights, Indian Constitution, Democracy and freedom<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Preferred Citation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Varun Sharma and Abhishek Goyal, Dissent, not hate: extinguishing the inflammable hate speech, The Lex-Warrier: Online Law Journal, (2020) 9, pp. 170 \u2013 175, ISSN (O): 2319-8338<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Varun Sharma and Mr. Abhishek Goyal L&amp;L Partners Law Offices Democracy thrives on dissent and citizens\u2019 participation. 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