nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ab0592c6fecb5cbd DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261015s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ab0592c6fecb5cbd doi eng 342 23 Mittal, Pranav Author aut A Mere “Academic” Exercise - On The Indian Supreme Court's Dismissal of the Legislative Privileges Case Mittal, Pranav Verfassungsblog 2026-10-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last week, in N. Ravi v Speaker, Legislative Assembly Chennai, the Indian Supreme Court dismissed a 17-year-old challenge to the constitutionality of the exercise of legislative privilege under Article 194 to curtail a citizen’s freedom of speech. The issue arose from a resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ordering the prosecution of 15 journalists of The Hindu for remarks against the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The Court dismissed the matter on the ground that the resolution ordering their arrest had subsequently been withdrawn, rendering the proceedings a mere “academic exercise”. CC BY-SA 4.0 Freedom of Speech Indian Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-mere-academic-exercise/ raw object