Hate speech has become a divisive issue in order to exploit social prejudices for electoral gains. The Supreme Court has come down heavily on TV channels promoting and fanning religious and sectarian hatred as a means of increasing their ratings. Will anything change?
In a written reply to a Starred Question by Binoy Viswam, Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had constituted a Committee under the Chairpersonship of the Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi