Justice Madan B. Lokur, the former Supreme Court judge, has expressed doubt whether a clause and a law dealing with sedition and terrorism would be scrapped altogether but has suggested measures to insulate them from misuse.
Several former Supreme Court judges and a former high court judge on Saturday called the sedition clause and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) unconstitutional.
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Four former Supreme Court judges Justices Lokur, Aftab Alam, Deepak Gupta and V. Gopala Gowda as well as the former Patna High Court judge, Justice Anjana Prakash, were speaking at a webinar hosted by the Centre for Judicial Accountability and Reform.
Delhi HC Bail Order in Rape Case May Have Flouted Supreme Court Ban On Outing Victim s Statement
The order granting anticipatory bail to Varun Hiremath quotes extensively from the victim s statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC even though the SC made it clear in the Chinmayanand case last year that no one is entitled to a copy at this stage.
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New Delhi: On Thursday, Justice Mukta Gupta of the Delhi high court granted anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist accused of rape in a 19-page order which quotes extensively from the victim’s statement recorded before a magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Realising that the bail order may thus have compromised the complainantâs right to confidentiality till the conclusion of the trial, Justice Gupta directed that the order not be uploaded on the court’s website.
Curbs on free speech in Karnataka
An eminent Kannada litterateur is questioned in a rural police station for his criticism against handling of farmers’ agitation.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 25th January 2021 10:08 pm IST
Two incidents seen as curbs on free speech and expression by the BJP Government in the State have drawn criticism from writers, academicians and media in the State. In the first instance, the Public Library Book Selection Committee withdrew its recommendation to purchase the book titled
Rama Mandira Yeke Beda? (Why should there be no Rama Mandira?) by eminent writer K. S. Bhagavan. In the second instance, senior Kannada writer Ham Pa Nagarajaiah was summoned by a
Police summon Hampana for Modi remark
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A group of writers has called it an attack on freedom of expression
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A group of writers has called it an attack on freedom of expression
The Mandya police have summoned and questioned writer Hampa Nagarajaiah, 86, popularly known as Hampana, over the critical remarks he made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the farmers’ protests. The police were acting on a complaint lodged by an RSS activist.
A group of writers and retired judges have issued a statement calling this ‘an attack on freedom of expression’, even as the Congress has demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa apologise to the scholar. Dr. Nagarajaiah, inaugurating the Taluk Sahitya Sammelana in Mandya on January 17, had criticised the PM on the handling of the farmers’ protest at the Delhi border.
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