The legal issues boil down to weak protection by Indian Constitution, which allows freedom of expression only for things that would never need freedom of expression.
Under Indian law, the freedom of speech and of the press do not confer an absolute right to express one's thoughts freely.Clause (2) of Article 19 of the Indian constitution enables the legislature to impose certain restrictions on free speech under following heads:
I. security of the State,
II. friendly relations with foreign States,
III. public order,
IV. decency and morality,
V. contempt of court,
VI. defamation,
VII. incitement to an offence, and
VIII. sovereignty and integrity of India.
Under Indian law, the freedom of speech and of the press do not confer an absolute right to express one's thoughts freely.Clause (2) of Article 19 of the Indian constitution enables the legislature to impose certain restrictions on free speech under following heads:
I. security of the State, II. friendly relations with foreign States, III. public order, IV. decency and morality, V. contempt of court, VI. defamation, VII. incitement to an offence, and VIII. sovereignty and integrity of India.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression_in_India
This is in a way similar to European notions of freedom of speech. In Europe, you can't deny the holocaust for example.
We should be grateful that the US founders left no room for ambiguity in our Bill of Rights.