good taste, but then, everyone has his own way of articulating. When
I expressed my disapproval, the petitioner unconditionally apologized
in writing. If the management has a mole among the members and
snooped the contents of conversation among them, the person who
had expressed his opinion in the first instance cannot be proceeded
against.
In the coming days, powerful managements may be
possessed with Pegasus-like technology providing them access to
private conversations.
Courts may dread such scenario, but then
would still firmly say that charges cannot be framed on the strength of
information gleaned through such means.
Of course, the content
shared over the end-to-end encrypted communication platform must
be within the legal bounds mentioned above.
13.The Hon'ble High Court of Kerala (The Hon'ble Mr.Justice
A.Muhamed Mustaque) observed
in WP(C)No.27355 of 2018 dated
28.09.2018 (Anil Kumar A.P vs. Mahatma Gandhi University and ors)
as follows :
“4.Emotional outburst of a disgruntled, through
social media in a louder voice is part of his right of free
speech......
5....
6.Servitude is an outlook of an individual and not a
governing norm in a public Institution. Discipline is a
norm. Discipline and servitude are to be distinguished. If
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