LIBERTY ! EQUALITY ! FREEDOM The balance between individual freedom and state authority remains a critical issue in democracies worldwide. In India, this tension often plays out in public protests and government responses. One such case is the latest Gen-Z protest in Jantar Mantar New Delhi against the NEET Paper leaks and subsequent conflict of students protesters with Delhi Police. J.S. Mill’s harm principle, introduced in Chapter 2, "Freedom," of Political Theory, offers