Re: [silk] indian free speech

2006-07-26 Thread ashok
that case was so interesting. it was another example that legislators and the police generally have little knowledge of existing laws - the other thing i have seen the polic do, is frequently raid brothels, and lock up the prostitutes, yet prostitution is supposedly legal in india (AFAIK, soli

[silk] indian free speech

2006-07-25 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
well, from time to time indian courts protect free speech too... "Are our fundamental rights so fickle that a citizen has to dance to the State's tune?" asked the mumbai high court, while overturning the 2005 ban on "dance bars". http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/jul/soc-dancebar.htm (note to