Navjosh Singh Atwal

The Crime of Blasphemy Navjosh Singh Atwal

Blasphemy is one of the most abused laws when it comes to suppressing the voice of minorities, rationalists as well as scientists and often comes under a rain of questions over its legality in the present modern establishments of the world. While blasphemy is often regarded as a reasonable restriction over the Freedom of Speech and Expression, it is also regarded as a hindrance in the development of a scientific temper among people and also a methodology of imposing the religious beliefs and virtues of one community over other. In this modern world, where Freedom of Speech and Religion are widely considered as a fundamental and human rights, India despite being a pluralist country with an incomparable diversity in its population, has a vast ocean of varied conflicting opinions on the controversial Section 295- A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 which is a law against blasphemy under the guise of Hate speech...