Section 124A of IPC has been used to intimidate, silence and punish journalists. Unless the provision is deleted from IPC, it will continue to 'haunt and hinder' the full realisation of the right to free speech and the freedom of press, said the plea in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench while hearing the Public Interest Litigation seeking the indulgence of the court to intervene with the illegal arrest of the innocent general public who are labor contractors for their speech and expression by way of pamphlets affixed on the wall which is spread in social media.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to release activist Leichombam Erendro, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), allegedly over a Facebook post related to the death of state BJP chief S Tikendra Singh, who succumbed to Covid-19.
The Allahabad High Court division bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Ajai Tyagi has Instructed the Additional Advocate General to take immediate actions against the police officers accused of paddy-wheat purchase scam and defaulting.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected the second bail application of man accused of poaching. The court looked into the facts and circumstances of the case, and contention of the learned counsel of the State, said it is not inclined to grant bail to the applicant, Dhyan Singh.
MP RK Raju, former CM Chandrababu Naidu, TV5 & ABN are trying to incite violence between communities (Dalit and Christian) and sedition by repeatedly calling for violence against government and making inflammatory speeches, the Andhra Pradesh government told the Supreme Court
A single bench of Allahabad High Court passed the denial order of pre-arrest bail to a nurse involved in criminal wastage of 29 doses of COVID vaccine while hearing a Criminal Misc Anticipatory Bail Application filed by Niha Khan.
"The Kanwar yatra is postponed this year, like last year, because of Covid-19 pandemic. If the local devotee want to go for local yatra and wish to do 'Abhishek,' it will be allowed," the Counsel of State of Uttar Pradesh submitted before the Supreme Court.
In the Patna High Court, the Advocate Association has urged for holding of court hearings further on Saturday and Sunday. Currently, in the High Court, 14 judges are hearing criminal cases and only five judges are hearing civil cases who are burdened with two lakh cases.