Hate Speech

👉The growing incidence of hate speeches, especially those targeting minorities, in combination with the judicial ambiguity has provided an opportunity to chart legislative reforms.

👉Hate speech is neither defined in the Indian legal framework nor can it be easily reduced to a standard definition due to the myriad forms it can take.

👉The Supreme Court, in Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India (2014), described hate speech as “an effort to marginalise individuals based on their membership in a group” and one that “seeks to delegitimize group members in the eyes of the majority, reducing their social standing and acceptance within society.”

👉The Indian Penal Code illegally uses speeches that are intended to promote enmity or prejudice the maintenance of harmony between different classes.

👉Specifically, sections of the IPC, such as 153A, which penalises promotion of enmity between different groups.

👉153B, which punishes imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.

👉505, which punishes rumours and news intended to promote communal enmity.

👉295A, which criminalises insults to the religious beliefs of a class by words with deliberate or malicious intention.

👉Amish Devgan v. Union of India (2020), the Supreme Court held that “hate speech has no redeeming or legitimate purpose other than hatred towards a particular group”.

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