{"id":44122,"date":"2016-07-28T04:11:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44122"},"modified":"2016-07-28T04:11:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:41:01","slug":"hc-notes-objectionable-language-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-notes-objectionable-language-politicians","title":{"rendered":"HC notes &#8216;objectionable&#8217; language by politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43878\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-grants-bail-ex-bsp-mp\/high-court-pic\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HC grants bail to ex-BSP MP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;HC grants bail to ex-BSP MP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?fit=640%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43878 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HC notes 'objectionable' language by politicians\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC notes &#8216;objectionable&#8217; language by politicians<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today took a serious note of &#8220;objectionable&#8221; language used by some leaders of political parties and observed that it is for the court to decide the limits to &#8216;right to freedom of speech&#8217; as enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The court also invited the designated senior advocates of Oudh Bar Association (OBA) to put forth their points of view on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>However, it reserved its order on the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can you say anything invoking right to freedom of speech and expression? What are the limits? We will decide them,&#8221; said a division bench of Justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Vijay Laxmi in open court while hearing a PIL filed by Mamta Jindal, a social worker.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has sought directions for action against officials of the district administration for allowing the BSP to stage a protest against expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh at Hazratganj here on July 21. The protesters allegedly used abusive language against women members of Singh&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>The petition claimed that without permission, this kind of protests were not permissible.<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today took a serious note of &#8220;objectionable&#8221; language used by some leaders of political parties and observed that it is for the court to decide the limits to &#8216;right to freedom of speech&#8217; as enshrined in the Constitution. 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