High Court of Judicature at Bombay: Emperor vs. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1916)

Sub title : A Landmark Judgment on Sedition Law and Political Speech in British India

Subject: Indian Independence Movement | Sedition Law | Indian Penal Code 124-A

Date of publication: 1916

Language: English

Page: 91 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27467

Keyword: Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Sedition — Indian Penal Code Section 124-A | Criminal Procedure Code Section 108 — Home Rule League — Swarajya | Political Criticism — Freedom of Speech — High Court Bombay | Justice Batchelor and Justice Shah.

Abstract: This is the 1916 Bombay High Court judgment that quashed a sedition order against Bal Gangadhar Tilak for his speeches on Home Rule. The court held that his speeches, which criticized the Indian Civil Service but advocated for change through constitutional means, constituted fair political criticism and did not amount to sedition when considered in their entirety.

Description: This collection comprises the complete legal judgment from the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in the case of Emperor vs. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, dated 9th November 1916. The document details the court's reasoning for setting aside an order that required Tilak to be bound over for allegedly seditious speeches. The judgments by Justices Batchelor and Shah are seminal texts in Indian legal history, defining the boundaries of seditious speech. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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