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Vetticad and Dorsey v. State of Rajasthan

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Case Summary: The High Court of Rajasthan in India allowed two petitions seeking to quash the First Information Report (FIR) filed against journalist Anna MM Vetticad and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for posting a photo to Twitter featuring the slogan: “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy”. The FIR was filed by Rajkumar Sharma, a member of the Brahmin community and man of “immense religious faith”, who alleged that the tweet “badly hurt” the “feelings of the entire Brahmin community”. [p. 5] The Court held that “allowing investigation of the impugned FIR to be continued is absolutely uncalled for.” [p. 7] Justice Sandeep Mehta reasoned that the slogan could not reasonably be considered to hurt the religious sentiments of any Indian citizen or create a religious rift in society. The Court further determined that the necessary ingredients of the alleged offences had not been made out, thereby halting any further police proceedings against the petitioners.

Case Significance: The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.

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