When a Congress MP laced a video uploaded on social media with a particular poem with a large message, an FIR was filed against him. The Gujarat High Court refused to quash that FIR, but the top court observed that the police of this country are yet to comprehend the basics of free speech even after 75 years of the Constitution
With nearly half of India’s lawmakers facing criminal charges, the apex court is once again confronting the thorny question: Should convicted candidates be barred for life from contesting elections—or do they deserve a second chance?