Supreme Court says mere use of abusive language does not amount to obscenity in law
They publishedMere use of abusive language doesn't amount to obscenity in law: Supreme Court
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Who
What
- Supreme Court clarified that abusive, insulting, or offensive language alone isn’t obscenity under Section 294 IPC.
- Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul Pancholi said obscenity requires sexually explicit content or depraving tendencies.
- Case involved a 70-year-old appellant convicted over an expletive during a Tamil Nadu land dispute.
- Incident occurred in August 2017, with caste-based slurs and a weapon attack fracturing the complainant’s nose.
- Court acquitted on obscenity and criminal intimidation, reduced sentence, and ordered a Rs 50,000 fine in two months.
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🇮🇳 India (outlet HQ)
topics: Politics · language: eng
topics: Politics · language: eng
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https://www.indiatoday.in/india/law-news/story/obscenity-definition-explained-by-supreme-court-and-what-separates-it-from-mere-abusive-language-2951206-2026-07-19
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