“If you write a book that annoys or inconveniences me, even deliberately, I have no civil or criminal recourse. But if you send an e-mail message, or post a tweet, you could face three years in jail, that’s higher than the two-year imprisonment for causing death by negligence.”- Pranesh Prakash
The Tweet in question:
@movementiac i was arrested for tweetin against karti chidhuin pondicherry, req moral support,
— Ravi Srinivasan (@ravi_the_indian) October 31, 2012
The dude in question:
Free speech is subject to reasonable restrictions. I have a right to seek constitutional/legal remedies over defamatory/scurrilous tweets
— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) October 31, 2012