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2008 Judgement as Delhi HC Judge, where Kaul dismissed the charges levied against M F Husain for his painting of a lady later termed as 'Bharat Mata', accusing him of obscenity. Upholding free speech and expression, Kaul expressed agreement with Husain's contention that there was no deliberate
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Kaul is a member of various prestigious institutions like Indian
International center, India Law Institute, India Habitat Center, Roshanara club amongst others. Theatre, music, golf & reading, including subjects unrelated to law are amongst his other areas of interest.
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Kaul was appointed additional judge of Delhi high court on 3 May 2001, and was made a permanent judge in 2003. He was also the acting chief justice of Delhi high court in
September 2012. He became Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in June 2013.
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Pluralism is the soul of democracy. There should be freedom for the thought we hate. Freedom of speech has no meaning if there is no freedom after speech. The reality of democracy is to be measured by the extent of freedom and accommodation it
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intention on his part to hurt anybody's religious feeling as the figure actually represented an "anthropomorphic depiction of a nation" in the form of a distressed woman. Kaul in his conclusion mentions,
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In the year 2017, on 24 August, Kaul along with eight judges ruled in favour of
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The chancellor of TNDALU is the chief justice of Madras high court. Hence he served as the chancellor of TNDALU and he has also visited the college and addressed the students.
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938:St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
354:Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
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154:1 June 2013 – 25 July 2014
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350:St. Stephen's College, Delhi
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581:21 January
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258:Alma mater
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726:A. S. Oka
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