{"id":287,"date":"2026-09-13T02:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/madras-high-court-slogans-for-palestine-not-an-offence\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T02:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:31:41","slug":"madras-high-court-slogans-for-palestine-not-an-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/madras-high-court-slogans-for-palestine-not-an-offence\/","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court: Slogans for Palestine Not an Offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-134150426,imgsize-7294.cms\" alt=\"Madras High Court: Slogans for Palestine Not an Offence\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Ruling clarifies legal standing on public expressions of solidarity for international causes.<\/h2>\n<p>The Madras High Court has recently delivered a significant ruling, stating that raising slogans in support of the Palestinian people does not constitute an offense under Indian law. This clarification emerged from a case addressing the legality of such public expressions.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s decision emphasizes the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression, affirming that peaceful demonstrations of solidarity with international communities or causes are protected. The judgment provides important clarity regarding the scope of public discourse on global humanitarian issues within the local legal framework.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tags: madras high court, palestine, freedom of speech, legal ruling, chennai news, public expression, human rights<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruling clarifies legal standing on public expressions of solidarity for international causes. The Madras High Court has recently delivered a significant ruling, stating that raising slogans in support of the Palestinian people does not constitute an offense under Indian law. This clarification emerged from a case addressing the legality of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}