Free speech if the country’s citizens can’t be stifled by implicating them in criminal cases unless such speech affects the public order. Hon’ble Supreme Court made this remark while quashing the FIR registered against Shillong Times Editor Ms Patricia Mukhim due to her Facebook post about violence against non-tribal Meghalaya people. A Bench comprising Hon’ble
People cannot be implicated in false cases to stifle their free speech: Supreme Court
