HC: Waving black flag not defamatory
22,11,2024
Kochi : Kerala high court has ruled that waving or showing a black flag, even at a CM’s convoy, does not constitute defamation or an illegal act. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas said such an act cannot be interpreted as defamatory under Section 499 of IPC. The high court reinforced the constitutional right to peaceful protest and rejected the criminalisation of symbolic acts of dissent.
The ruling came as the court quashed a case against Congress workers Simil, Phijo, and Sumesh Dayanandan from North Paravoor in Ernakulam district. Police had charged the trio with waving a black flag at the CM’s convoy on April 9, 2017, allegedly intending to defame him. TNN
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