 bill no 213 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri konda vishweshwar reddy, mp a billto further amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2017amendment of article 192 in article 19 of the constitution, for clause (2), the following clause shall be substituted, namely—"(2) nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall,—510(a) affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the state frommaking any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of india, the security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence; and (b) allow systematic, soft or outright discrimination and derogation againstanother faith or religion through addressing of mass gatherings, print media, social media, academic debates, (targeted) advertising or any other non-personal and opendoor discussions"15 statement of objects and reasonsthe constitution of india as a document was drafted after painstakingly long hours of negotiations, discussions and debates a key objective was that it would stand the test of time of evolving social and cultural norms by upholding those values that a society is founded on an obvious outcome of this is that it cannot be watertight to every challenge that is presented before it an element of ambiguity is maintained so that law-makers, judiciary and the general public can tweak aspects according the changing needs of time and ideasthere is a growing trend in various societies of intolerance and systematic discrimination on the basis of religion based on such sentiment particularly towards the islamic community, a first-of-its-kind declaration was adopted by the islamic conference of foreign ministers to combat such defamationgeneralizing such a specific idea so that all faiths could benefit from such protection, the united nations human rights council (unhrc) adopted a resolution, 7/19, titled "combatting defamation of religions" the sole objective was to welcome international and regional initiatives to promote cross-cultural and interfaith harmony while systematically derogatory remarks by various religious groups against one another take their own path in different societies, it only makes sense that an indian context gets its own version of such a resolution (india abstained from voting towards this resolution at the unhrc meeting)opinions and philosophical discourses are perceived and interpreted differently by each individual every mind contains its own set of schema and heuristics that enables it to process information while addressing an audience, as religious leaders and preachers, one must keep in mind that the message being conveyed is being received in several different ways an illustration of this idea is as follows:if a religious leader x addressing an audience (not all members of which are on the same intellectual level), negatively depicts another faith, there may be several members of this audience who may take this negative depiction more seriously than intended this could lead to soft discrimination or outright  violent struggles between the two groups in order to ensure that proper care is administered before addressing an audience gethered to receive religious discourse, the check on free speech is placed right next to its grant in the constitution the addition of this sub-clause will ensure credibility in the functions and purpose of the constitution of indiathe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the constitution with a view to put a restriction on the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under article 19(1)(a) by prohibiting any systematic, soft or outright discrimination and derogation against another faith or religion through addressing of mass gatherings, print media, social media, academic debates or any other non-personal and open-door discussonshence, this billnovember 28, 2017 annexure extract from the constitution of india        19 (1) all citizens shall have the right—(a) to freedom of speech and expression;(b)         protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc(c)         (d)         (e)         (f)         (2) nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the state from making any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of india, the security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence         lok  sabha————————a billto further amend the constitution of india————(shri  konda vishweshwar reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—2662ls(s3)—12-12-2017