Use of swear words and vulgar expletives does not amount to obscenity, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court ruled that using swear words and vulgar expletives alone does not amount to obscenity under IPC Section 294.
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“Mere use of abusive language doesn't amount to obscenity in law: Supreme Court”
Supreme Court says mere use of abusive language does not amount to obscenity in law
Key points
- Supreme Court clarified that abusive, insulting, or offensive language alone isn’t obscenity under Section 294 IPC.
- Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul Pancholi said obscenity requires sexually explicit content or depraving tendencies.
- Case involved a 70-year-old appellant convicted over an expletive during a Tamil Nadu land dispute.
- Incident occurred in August 2017, with caste-based slurs and a weapon attack fracturing the complainant’s nose.
- Court acquitted on obscenity and criminal intimidation, reduced sentence, and ordered a Rs 50,000 fine in two months.
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The Supreme Court ruled that using swear words and vulgar expletives alone does not amount to obscenity under IPC Section 294.