Nobody can say for sure! Though Section 292 of the (IPC) which defines obscenity is vague, it has been used against writers and artists like Ismat Chughtai to Saadat Hasan Manto, AIB and more recently, when Milind Soman ran naked on the beach. What is it all about? And what did a man named Cockburn have to do with it? Find out in this episode of The Longest Constitution!

Gautam Bhatia, ‘The Supreme Court discards the Hicklin test’, Available at: ( https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/obscenity-the-supreme-court-discards-the-hicklin-test/ )
Shruti Sundar Ray, ‘Explained: What is the measure of ‘obscenity’ in India?’, ( https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-milind-soman-obscenity-in-india-6998750/ )
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