Views on Hate Speech – UPSC GS1
Context: Some hate speech incidents have taken place in Uttarakhand and Delhi. Speakers made statements about killing Muslims to make a Hindu Rashtra, shooting a former prime minister and calling upon the police, leaders and the army to take up arms to indulge in ethnic cleansing. Government has constituted an SIT to look into the matter. Legal provisions: Indian penal code penalises …