News Update Supreme Court quashes sedition charges against Journalist Vinod Dua 3 Jun 2021 A sedition case was registered against senior journalist and Padma Shri awardee, Vinod Dua for his critical remarks about the Prime Minister and the Union Government in a YouTube telecast. The complaint was filed by…
News Update Section 118 of Kerala Police Act, 2011 criminalising publication of threatening or defamatory content withdrawn 26 Nov 2020 An ordinance was signed by the Governor of Kerala, Mohammad Arif Khan on 25th November, 2020 in response to the criticism received for the section. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government had…
News Update Bombay High Court’s view on applying “Prashant Kanojia” case as precedent in Arnab Goswani’s case 10 Nov 2020 In the order of the High Court refusing interim bail to Arnab Goswani, it was made clear that the facts of the Prashant Kanojia’s case and Arnab Goswani’s case are…
News Update SC condemns the police for harassing people for social media posts 29 Oct 2020 SC is after the police summoned a woman over her Facebook post. SC has held the nation to remain as a country with free speech. The woman in this case…
News Update Delhi riots: Statement of an accused was made public by Zee news 20 Oct 202020 Oct 2020 Zee news disclosed statements of an accused in the Delhi riots case. The statements were not attested by the signatures of the accused. Delhi High Court declined the application by…
News Update Airing private WhatsApp messages of accused is dangerous: Government in Supreme Court 14 Oct 2020 Days after Chief Justice S A Bobde flagged the misuse of freedom of speech, attorney general K K Venugopal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there was an urgent…
