Workshop on Banning of Exit Polls

The Constitutional Law Society organized a workshop on ‘Banning of Exit Polls: An Attack on Freedom of Speech?’ The workshop was held in Room 006 on 27^th November 2008. Members of the faculty and students had an intense and extremely informative discussion over the various issues concerning the topic viz. accountability, credibility, the actual informative content of exit polls, the staggered form of elections and their possible impact upon the Indian voter. The legal aspect of the discussion revolved around reconciling the right to information, the right to freedom of free speech and expression and the right to free and fair elections.