Understanding Sibal speak

IN Media Watch Briefs | 24/11/2012

Union IT minister Kapil Sibal made the right noises in favour of free speech after the arrests of Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan for their facebook posts. And then comes this classic comment from the minister defending Sec 66 (a) as it is handy in governing internet content: "You can't define words like 'grossly offensive'. It does not mean this section can be abused. There are many terms in law that cannot be defined. But they cannot be done away with”.

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