Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Judicial Restraint | SC Bars Court-Created Criminal Offences; Mandates FIR Registration for Hate Speech Under IPC : SC
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that courts cannot legislate criminal offences, holding that existing IPC and CrPC provisions suffice to address hate speech. The judgment directs mandatory FIR registration without prior sanction under Section 196 CrPC, rejecting continuing mandamus while emphasizing separation of powers.