The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 19, 2025) said an unending “litany of hurt sentiments” has become a cause of mob violence and threats against free speech and expression in films, literature and theatre in “undivided India”.

A Vacation Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan stressed that the State has a duty to ensure that “these mobs, groups who threaten people are taken to task”.