The case against Andamans journalist Zubair Ahmad was quashed by Justice Shivakant Prasad of Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench in Port Blair , providing some sense and justice for the most absurd of the spate of cases lodged against journalists reporting on the pandemic! On April 27, 2020, […]
A year-wise listing of sedition cases filed under Sec 124-A, with the latest status. Reproduced with permission from the Repeal Sedition campaign.* 2020 1. Jan 8, 2020, students Nalini Balakumar and S Maridevaiah, also organizer of an anti-CAA protest, charged with sedition. Case details: Nalini was arrested for […]
Aisha Sultana granted interim anticipatory bail by Kerala High Court
Justice Rohit Arya of the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the bail plea of stand up comedian Munawar Faruqui and said that the ‘possibility of collection of more incriminating material andcomplacency of other persons cannot also be ruled out.’ Munawar Faruqui and five […]
In the saddest way, the Supreme Court, by upholding a contempt charge against Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan for a tweet critiquing the judiciary, actually ended up confirming the substance of the tweet! A three-judge bench, comprising Justice Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, held that Bhushan […]
‘Innocent until proved guilty’ is an abiding principle for judicial process, one that has been given the go by in numerous cases, thanks to selective police leaks and a brutal media trial that can dangerously prejudice public opinion. But now, an order of the Delhi High Court in […]
Despite pleas by doctors and students, the people of Kashmir are still denied full restoration of Internet. A Supreme Court order on a petition filed by the Fountation for Media Professionals and the Private Schools others, merely said that a high powered committee would look into the matter. […]
In a trenchant order, Justices Ranjit V. More and Bharati H. Dangre, quashed the charges against Quint journalist Poonam Agarwal of abetment to suicide and of violating provisions of the Official Secrets Act (OSA). The case followed the sting operation the journalist had conducted to exposed the pernicious […]
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