The Journey of Free Speech

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">What's the big deal about an oath? A lot. And especially when it is to do with the people entrusted with the highest political offices under the Constitution of India. This episode of <em>The Longest Constitution </em>looks at a case that clarified the hugely important role of the President of India: upholding the Indian constitution. Apart from that, we carry on with two other journeys we are making: the story of the Dongria Kondhs and their battle against Vedanta, the mining corporation under the PESA Act. And the contested journey of free speech in India. </p><p><strong>On free speech: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/43023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/43023/</a> </u>Bhatia, Gautam, 2016, <em>Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution, </em>New Delhi: OUP. </p></li></ol><p><strong>On the Niyamgiri conflict:</strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://climate-diplomacy.org/case-studies/mining-conflict-niyamgiri-hills-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://climate-diplomacy.org/case-studies/mining-conflict-niyamgiri-hills-india</a> </u>Padel, Felix, 2009, <em>Sacrificing People: Invasions of a Tribal Landscape</em>, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan. </p></li></ol><p><strong>On the President of India: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/648662/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiankanoon.org/doc/648662/</a> </u>Dam, Shubhankar, 2016, “Executive” in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), <a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">T</a><em><a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">he Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constituti