-The Hindu The judiciary’s quick intervention in the Arnab Goswami case turns the spotlight on other serious cases that languish The facts are brief. Mr. Arnab Goswami of Republic TV, a media group perceived to be supportive of the ruling party, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on November 4, 2020 on a charge of abetting the suicide of Anvay Naik. The suicide note mentioned that the channel had not paid bills...
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Supreme Court’s Selective Approach Will Not Prevent the 'Path of Destruction' -Fahad Hasin
-TheWire.in The Supreme Court order on Arnab Goswami does nothing if the same concern is not extended in the case of hundreds of citizens who have been jailed under various politically motivated cases. The Supreme Court’s decision to grant interim Bail to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami has led to sharp reactions. Among people who identify themselves as liberals, there are three broad strands of thinking. First, there are those who feel that...
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-The Indian Express Highest court does well to underline what it should do. Hopefully, it listens to itself — and stands up for a stand-up comedian. Granting interim Bail within a day to Arnab Goswami in a 2018 suicide abetment case, Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud correctly described the responsibility of the apex court: “Forget Arnab Goswami for a moment, we are a constitutional court… If we as a constitutional court do...
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-Newslaundry.com Prateek Goyal reported about layoffs at Sakal Times. He was slapped with an FIR and Newslaundry with a Rs 65 crore defamation suit. Prateek obtained Bail but now the police want to seize his laptop. On March 27, Newslaundry reported that the Sakal Media Group, one of Maharashtra’s leading media houses, had sacked 15 employees in violation of a government directive to not terminate workers, or cut their wages during the...
More »In Bihar, The Systematic Gagging Of India’s Sunshine Law -Malini Subramaniam
-Article-14.com At least 17 activists who regularly used the Right To Information Act to expose corruption in Bihar have been murdered since 2008. Hundreds face false cases. One activist has been in prison since March, with 14 cases against him. Neither the government nor the police responds to requests for protection Muzaffarpur: Out to meet a friend at a restaurant in Muzaffarpur in the northern state of Bihar on the evening of...
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