Republic of Rhetoric Free Speech and the Constitution of India

Exploring socio-political as well as legal history of India from the British periodto the present this book brings to light the idea of 'free speech' or what ispopularly known as the freedom expression in the country. Analysing thepresent law relating to obscenity and free speech this book will evaluatewhether the enactment of the Constitution made a significant difference to theright to free speech in India. Deeply researched authoritative and anecdotal thisbook offers arguments that have not been substantially advanced before. About the Author Abhinav Chandrachud practises as an advocate at the Bombay High Court.He graduated from the LL.M. programme at Harvard Law School where he was aDana Scholar and from the JSM and JSD programmes at Stanford Law Schoolwhere he was a Franklin Family Scholar. He has worked as an associateattorney at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher a global law firm and as a paralegal atAZB & Partners a leading law firm in India.