Congress leader Afzal Lakhani, who was arrested for posting anti-Indian and pro-Pakistani messages, besides derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Hiraben Modi, was granted bail by the Supreme Court recently. The Court has also intervened in other cases where bail was denied by the High Courts
With the apex court setting aside the Gujarat High Court’s order and granting regular bail to the social activist accused of fabricating evidence linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots, another chapter in the long running saga has begun. The court is now hearing an appeal by Rahul Gandhi challenging the High Court’s refusal to stay his conviction
The Central government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against a bunch of petitions challenging anti-conversion laws currently in force in eight states of the country, questioning the locus of the petitioners, especially targeting the plea filed by activist Teesta Setalvad