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@prayag : Right to Freedom of Speech is a legally enforceable Fundamental Right in India. Are we talking about different Indias ?



Nope. We are talking about the same India. I don't know if you have actually read the Constitution of India but the right to expression in India comes with riders. From the Constitution of India Part III Section 19.

This is the foot-note about the Right of Expression: "Nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause in the interests of 4[the sovereignty and integrity of India,] the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence.]"




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