{"id":194601,"date":"2022-07-07T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=194601"},"modified":"2022-07-07T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:43:00","slug":"hate-crime-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hate-crime-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate crime, punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article \u201cHate crime, punishment\u201d published in the \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 7th<\/sup> July 2022.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 Important Provisions of the Constitution of India<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: Fundamental Right to freedom of speech and expression vs Hate Speech<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: In recent, Umesh Kolhe<\/strong>, a chemist working in Amravati, Maharashtra, and Kanhaiya Lal,<\/strong> a tailor working in Udaipur, Rajasthan were knifed to death in retaliation for their sharing of a post in support of controversial comments on the Prophet.<\/p>\n

What are the problems with hate speech?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Although India laws clearly define the reasonableness of the right to exercise<\/strong> the freedom of expression in India. However, the Indian laws do not clearly define hate speech, which are directed at communities and intended to fan communal hatred.<\/p>\n

In the age of online media <\/strong>and messaging<\/strong>, hate speech incidents have become a significant problem.<\/p>\n

Legal Regime<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There are provisions in the law that can be interpreted as allowing for criminalising offences <\/strong>that are related to hate speech, in particular those that are likely to incite violence.<\/p>\n

Way Forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Law Commission of India<\/strong> has recommended adding specific provisions<\/strong> in the Indian Penal Code<\/strong> to tackle hate speech.<\/p>\n

The Union and the State governments should reassure<\/strong> citizens on the need for communal amity and it should reassure that the purveyors of hate speech and those indulging in violence in retaliation will be prosecuted.<\/p>\n

The governments must reorient themselves to the rule of law<\/strong>. They should strictly adhere to constitutional values<\/strong> like the secular fabric of the country must be preserved at all costs.<\/p>\n

Justice and the application of the rule of law <\/strong>should not only be seen to be done. It should be applied in a fair manner<\/strong> without prejudice for or against specific communities.<\/p>\n

The Union and State governments should not use the enforcement authorities to inflict collective punishment<\/strong> on communities for the individual acts of transgression.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the political parties including those in power and in opposition, must refrain from fanning communal hatred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article \u201cHate crime, punishment\u201d published in the \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 7th July 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Important Provisions of the Constitution of India Relevance: Fundamental Right to freedom of speech and expression vs Hate Speech News: In recent, Umesh Kolhe, a chemist working in Amravati, Maharashtra, and Kanhaiya… Continue reading Hate crime, punishment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-194601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704720787},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}