-The Telegraph Observations part of a detailed judgment explaining why the apex court on July 20 granted interim bail to AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair Police cannot use arrest as a “punitive tool” or “tool of harassment”, the Supreme Court has ruled, warning that such practices amount to “abuse of power”. The observations are part of a detailed judgment explaining why the apex court on July 20 granted across-the-board interim bail to AltNews co-founder...
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Nobody should create tension in the name of fact-checking: Centre
-The Telegraph Shiv Sena member Priyanka Chaturvedi places a written question about the rise in fake news online The Centre on Thursday said people creating tension in society “in the name of fact-checking” were liable for legal action, a day after efforts to keep fact-checker Mohammed Zubair imprisoned were frustrated in the Supreme Court. Rashtriya Janata Dal member Manoj Jha had asked in the Rajya Sabha why fact-checkers were being arrested while those...
More »DNA Special: How the menace of illegal mining is harming India
-DNA India Between 2013 and 2017, over 4 lakh incidents of illegal mining were reported. The mineral wealth of the country is openly looted by mining mafia. What would you do if some people stole some items from your house? You would immediately go to the police against this and ask the police to find your stolen goods? Any person would do the same. But now imagine if some people steal the mineral...
More »Jailed Or Punished, With Or Without Trial: How The State Misuses The Law Against India’s Inconvenient Citizens -Mani Chander
-Article-14.com The arrests and continued incarceration of fact-checker Mohammad Zubair, political activist Javed Mohammed and the exoneration of 121 Adivasis accused of terrorism are the latest evidence of how the State adopts extra legal methods of dealing with ‘inconvenient citizens’—including journalists, dissidents, activists or the poorest Indians—to push official narratives of conspiracy and terrorism. The common threads: manipulation or egregious misinterpretation of laws, changing accusations, unknown or untraceable complainants and the...
More »How US & UK made bail the rule, jail the exception, and why SC wants specific law in India -Akshat Jain
-ThePrint.in Govt should consider enacting a bail Act, SC said Monday. Countries including US, UK, Australia & New Zealand have comprehensive laws that govern rules of granting and refusing bail. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday proposed the introduction of a comprehensive bail law in India to deal with the rising pendency of bail applications, and discussed how such laws are in force in other jurisdictions including the UK and the US. A...
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