{"product_id":"a-constitution-to-keep-sedition-and-free-speech-in-modern-india","title":"A Constitution To Keep: Sedition And Free Speech In Modern India - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen we think of the Indian Constitution, we think of the glorious chapter on fundamental rights which guarantees paramount civil liberties such as freedom of speech. But there is also a tension, because freedom of speech is compelled to co-exist with laws such as sedition - contained in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In 2021, numerous individuals petitioned the Supreme Court to take sedition off the law books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut, what is sedition? What is its provenance? How was sedition used in colonial India against nationalist leaders? Is there any constitutional justification for its continuance?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Constitution to Keep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Rohan Alva answers these timely and relevant questions which every Indian should be asking. The book also makes a case for why political speech must be constitutionally protected and how the Supreme Court can do this while ensuring the purity of political discourse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40233619685442,"sku":"","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/files\/413uCOAAyEL._SX321_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1682421356","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/a-constitution-to-keep-sedition-and-free-speech-in-modern-india","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}