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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: In Focus-Parley | Has the Supreme Court been effective in curbing hate speech?
Description: Last month, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition seeking criminal prosecution of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over divisive and communal speeches, as well as a now-deleted social media post that depicted him firing a gun towards an animated image of two Muslim men. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant remarked that whenever elections approach, the court tends to become a political battleground, and consequently directed the petitioners to approach the Guwahati High Court instead.
Earlier in January, another Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath indicated that...