The system can lament, apportion blame, but it never interfered, never once tried to understand why a man would want to live among tribals and work for them, ignoring calls to comfort. Death was virtually delivered to Stan Swamy’s cell by the system.
The Supreme Court has today set aside the order of the Kerala High Court and granted bail to Kerala youth Thwaha Fasal, who had been booked under UAPA for alleged Maoist links. In another connected matter, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against bail granted to co-accused Allan Shuaib, a co-accused and law student in this case.
Senior Advocate Trideep Pais said, "UAPA, POTA, PMLA are distrust of judiciary. These are enacted so that your (judiciary) hands are tied. This is a joke. No accused should be held in this FIR. This is a cooked-up FIR."
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA, told a Delhi court on Monday that he cannot be hammered with sedition as his speeches did not call for violence.
Adv Shashank Shekhar Jha filed the plea in Supreme Court seeking a National Investigation Agency to probe into Congress Parties alleged "tool kit" to tarnish the image of Prime Minister Modi & Centre over handling of Covid pandemic.
A National Investigation Agency court on Thursday discharged Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in the only pending UAPA and sedition case against him. He is clear of all charges and likely to walk out of jail soon, his lawyer said.