Seven-judge Bench to hear if legislative privilege overrides free speech

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Seven-judge Bench to hear if legislative privilege overrides free speech

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India's Supreme Court will have a seven-judge bench decide if legislative privilege overrides free speech rights in a case related to a 2003 editorial criticizing Tamil Nadu's then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The case explores significant constitutional debates.

A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant passed the order in a case travelling back to April 2003; The Hindu had published an editorial criticising then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

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