Tendering Apology As A Matter Of Course To Escape Consequences Of Hate Speech Cannot Be Entertained: Madras High Court
Live LawWhile dismissing the anticipatory bail petition filed by South Indian actress Kasthuri for allegedly making controversial remarks against the Telugu community in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court observed that the courts could not entertain apology tendered as a matter of course after making derogatory and scurrilous statements bordering hate speech. Everyone must be more conscious while uttering a word from a public platform and must necessarily face the consequence if irresponsible statements bordering hate speech are made,” the court observed. Before the court, Kasthuri contended that she had expressed her views as to how the Brahmin community had been denied the identity of “Tamizhian” and whereas some of the leaders belonging to political parties who actually are Telugu speaking people had come to Tamil Nadu only 300 years ago and are proclaiming themselves to be Tamizhian. The court thus noted that Kasthuri's speech hovered around hate speech and acted like a ticking bomb waiting to burst at appropriate time by creating violence among the Tamil and Telugu speaking people.
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