Freedom of expression
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Cockroach Janta Party founder says website taken down, Instagram account hacked
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Cockroach Janta Party’s X account blocked, founder calls it an ‘own goal’ by the government
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Madhya Pradesh HC quashes FIR against teacher who shared Urdu poem as WhatsApp status
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Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP leader detained for ‘inflammatory’ posts about CM N Chandrababu Naidu
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‘Apology would set terrible precedent’: Kunal Kamra tells Maharashtra council panel
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Haryana tells SC it will not prosecute Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad
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Singer Neha Singh Rathore gets anticipatory bail in case about posts on Pahalgam attack
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SNDT University cancels lecture by feminist historian Uma Chakravarti
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‘MLC is lying’: Kunal Kamra denies seeking adjournment from Maharashtra council panel
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Mumbai: Event featuring Naseeruddin Shah cancelled, actor claims he was ‘disinvited at last moment’
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Over 14,800 instances of free speech violations, 117 arrests, 8 journalists killed in 2025: Study
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SC refuses to quash FIR against singer Neha Singh Rathore for posts about Pahalgam attack
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Makers of Malayalam film ‘Haal’ move HC as CBFC orders cuts, objects to scene showing beef biryani
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Mumbai: Case against artist, art gallery curator for allegedly objectionable painting
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UP police file sedition case against content creator for video about Nepal protests
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SC confirms protection from arrest to cartoonist booked for ‘undignified’ Modi caricature
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SC bars magistrate from taking cognisance of chargesheet against Ashoka University professor
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‘Will apologise on social media’: Indore cartoonist tells SC in ‘undignified’ Modi caricature case
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Maharashtra bars government employees from criticising its policies on social media
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Folk singer booked for song criticising Uttarakhand government
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You need a dictionary, not Ashoka professor’s custody, Supreme Court tells SIT
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‘Undignified’ Modi caricature: SC grants interim protection from arrest to Indore cartoonist
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Failure to exercise restraint on social media may lead to state intervention: Supreme Court
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Indore cartoonist agrees to delete ‘undignified’ Modi caricature after Supreme Court criticism
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Why MP High Court ordered a cartoonist to be arrested for lampooning Modi and RSS
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'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court
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Calcutta HC denies interim relief to law student arrested for remarks about Prophet Muhammad
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SIT probe against Ashoka University professor should be limited to two FIRs, says Supreme Court
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Silent universities, collapsing republics: When thought becomes a crime
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Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets interim bail from SC
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Ashoka University professor sent to judicial custody for remarks on Operation Sindoor
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Ashoka University students demand professor’s release, call arrest ‘wrongful’
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Ashoka University professor’s arrest: SC agrees to hear plea against police action
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Ashoka University professor arrested on BJP leader’s complaint for remarks on Operation Sindoor
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Seven arrested in Bengal, Maharashtra and UP for ‘pro-Pakistan’ social media posts
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Bombay High Court protects comedian Kunal Kamra from arrest, investigation to continue
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Liking social media post does not amount to transmitting it, rules Allahabad HC
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Kunal Kamra case: After 75 years, police still ignorant of fundamental rights, lawyer tells HC
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DU professor alleges censorship as university denies him leave to speak at US institute
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BookMyShow removes Kunal Kamra from site, Shinde Sena leader thanks CEO for ‘keeping portal clean’
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Supreme Court quashes FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi for social media post
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Supreme Court lifts ban on Ranveer Allahabadia’s podcast
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Amid ‘India’s Got Latent’ row, Centre warns streaming platforms against ‘vulgar’ content
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‘India’s Got Latent’ row: IT ministry to brief Parliament panel on changes to regulate social media
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Supreme Court protects YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia from arrest, but stops him from doing shows
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FIR filed against ‘all members who played roles’ in ‘India’s Got Latent’ episodes
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Maharashtra Police books Ranveer Allahbadia, 29 others who appeared on ‘India’s Got Latent’
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SC directs police to protect Discovery India employees after threats over Asaram Bapu documentary
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Charlie Hebdo: Rethinking the French satire magazine’s legacy as a symbol of free speech
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Author Taslima Nasreen accuses West Bengal of cancelling play based on her book ‘Lajja’
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Delhi HC deletes order asking journalist to remove social media post critical of other journalist
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IIT-Bombay imposes fines up to Rs 1.2 lakh on students for ‘derogatory’ play on Ram, Sita
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Arundhati Roy’s prosecution amounts to fascism, assault on democratic values, say Opposition leaders
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‘Politically motivated’: PUCL demands withdrawal of sanction to prosecute Arundhati Roy
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X takes down four political posts after Election Commission directives, but says it disagrees
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Is shouting 'Pakistan zindabad' illegal? An SC order clarifies
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Criticising Article 370 abrogation, wishing Pakistan on its independence day not an offence, says SC
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Pune: Journalist Nikhil Wagle’s car attacked by alleged BJP workers
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Assam CM tells Gauhati University to act against professor who criticised him
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Technological and social churn threaten the freedom of thought – how do we protect it?
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Quran burning incidents in Sweden: When rhetoric of free speech morphs into inciting hate
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India among 20 countries flagged by anti-censorship network for digital authoritarianism
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IISc’s decision to cancel talk on UAPA against democratic values, say scientists and academicians
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Modi documentary screening: DU didn’t apply its mind in barring student from examinations, says HC
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Journalist Saurav Das mulls legal action as Twitter removes his posts on Amit Shah globally
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Maharashtra: Rapper booked for ‘defamatory’ song about Shiv Sena gets interim protection from arrest
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Full text: Action against think tank CPR will hurt research in India, say international scholars
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Court rejects plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi’s Cambridge University speech
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‘Anti-woke’ laws will make it illegal in two US states to teach about this Black musician
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Narendra Modi’s election as PM reinforced India’s trend of declining academic freedom, says report
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Bombay HC quashes FIRs against Congress worker for social media post against BJP’s Chandrakant Patil
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Leena Manimekalai gets protection from coercive action in FIRs against ‘Kaali’ poster
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Uttarakhand: Two cartoonists booked for making allegedly obscene posters of Ramdev
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Writers return awards as Maharashtra revokes prize to translation of activist Kobad Ghandy’s book
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Mangaluru activist arrested for Facebook post mocking cheetah project
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Supreme Court to examine if freedom of speech can be restricted for politicians
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Salman Rushdie wasn’t the first novelist someone tried to assassinate without reading their book
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Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ was banned due to law and order concerns: ex-Congress minister
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‘Writers are still vulnerable’: Mridula Garg recalls being arrested for her novel ‘Chittacobra’
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How the law is being misused to stop Indians from criticising politicians
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India, 12 other countries sign statement to protect civil society, freedom of speech
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India among top 10 countries to jail writers, academics in 2021, shows Pen America’s report
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I&B Ministry issues notice to Zee Tamil for alleged satire on Narendra Modi, demonetisation
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After vandalism on ‘Aashram’ set, MP home minister says name of web series should be changed
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Bajrang Dal members vandalise ‘Aashram’ set in Bhopal, throw ink at Prakash Jha
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New IT Rules don’t have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, Centre tells Madras HC
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Gurudwara committee seeks ban on web series ‘Grahan’ for ‘objectionable’ portrayal of Sikh character
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India signs statement against ‘politically motivated internet shutdowns’
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New IT rules impinge upon my right to privacy: Musician TM Krishna moves Madras HC
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As cartoonist Manjul gets law enforcement notice from Twitter, an outpouring of satirical support
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Amid calls for boycott, ‘The Family Man’ creators say they have utmost respect for Tamil people
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Facebook suspends account of poet K Satchidanandan for posting video on BJP’s loss in Kerala polls
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‘Tandav’ row: SC stays arrest of Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit
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‘Tandav’ row: Amazon Prime Video apologises again, says objectionable scenes removed or edited
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‘Tandav’ row: Allahabad HC denies bail to Amazon official, says show’s name can hurt sentiments
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Centre tells SC it’s contemplating ‘some action’ to regulate content on OTT platforms
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SC stays Kerala HC order barring activist Rehana Fathima from expressing views for comments on beef
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‘Tandav’ controversy: Allahabad HC grants interim protection to Amazon Prime official
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Allahabad High Court grants producers of ‘Mirzapur’ protection from arrest
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‘Tandav’ controversy: SC refuses to grant web series makers, actors protection from arrest