‘Exam Question on Ayodhya Judgment Does Not Hurt Religious Sentiments’: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Academic Freedom

12 July 2025 | SCC Times Online

In a civil writ petition filed by the petitioner, seeking directions to investigate and remove biased and inflammatory content from an examination question paper concerning the Ayodhya judgment, a Single-Judge Bench of Anoop Kumar Dhand, J., dismissed the writ petition holding that a challenge to a question paper solely on the ground of hurting religious sentiments under Section 295A of the Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) is not legally sustainable unless deliberate and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings is established. The Court further noted that academic freedom and the autonomy of educational institutions should not be curtailed merely based on subjective language, provided there is no clear breach of law or contemptuous, offensive, or defamatory language....

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