https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470764 Forceful journalistic criticism of governmental COVID-19 measures remains protected free speech unless it incites violence or is intended, or has a pernicious tendency, to create public disorder. The article states that comments on testing, protective equipment, supply chains and migrant workers did not spread false rumours, create panic, or satisfy the elements of sedition, defamation, public-order, lockdown-disobedience, or disaster-management offences; the FIR and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. It further notes that no statutory basis permits a mandatory pre-registration clearance committee for FIRs against experienced journalists, as such a mechanism would intrude into the legislative criminal-procedure framework; that request was rejected. en-us Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:07:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470764 Forceful journalistic criticism of governmental COVID-19 measures remains protected free speech unless it incites violence or is intended, or has a pernicious tendency, to create public disorder. The article states that comments on testing, protective equipment, supply chains and migrant workers did not spread false rumours, create panic, or satisfy the elements of sedition, defamation, public-order, lockdown-disobedience, or disaster-management offences; the FIR and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. It further notes that no statutory basis permits a mandatory pre-registration clearance committee for FIRs against experienced journalists, as such a mechanism would intrude into the legislative criminal-procedure framework; that request was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470764