Ask the Constitution → Your rights, by who you are
There is no separate clause for art, satire, or comedy. Everything you say on stage rides on one sentence, Article 19(1)(a), and on the eight grounds in 19(2) on which the state may reasonably restrict it. Know both.
Descriptive, not legal advice · text as amended through the 106th Amendment (2023)
19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression, which courts have held covers art, film, satire, and performance. 19(2) lists every permitted ground of restriction: sovereignty and integrity, security of the state, foreign relations, public order, decency or morality, contempt of court, defamation, incitement. A restriction outside these grounds is unconstitutional.
Your work is also a profession. 19(1)(g) protects the right to practice any profession or carry on any occupation, subject to reasonable restrictions in the public interest.
No deprivation of life or personal liberty except by procedure established by law. This is the article that stands between you and arbitrary state action.
If you are arrested over your material: you must be told the grounds, you may consult a lawyer of your choice, and you must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours.
Freedom of conscience. What you believe, or decline to believe, is protected.
If a fundamental right is violated, you can move the Supreme Court directly. It has been called the very soul of the Constitution.