Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted, “I have a preliminary objection, that one person is in jail and a charge sheet has been filed against him under the UAPA. Eight persons filed for bail and a journalists’ association file a Habeas Corpus petition, which is not maintainable.
According to the joint statement by EGI President Seema Mustafa and others, the Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the reports of inhuman treatment being meted out to journalist Siddique Kappan.
Asif Iqbal Tanha is facing criminal proceedings under the UAPA for his involvement in the violence that took place in northeast Delhi in February 2020.
Sakib a B.Sc student at Kalyani University, West Bengal and Kamal a labourer working as a mason and driver and others were allegedly planning “anti-national/terrorist” activities at several locations in India.
The Kerala High Court set aside the order passed by Special NIA Court Kochi granting bail to Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student, in a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act...
The arrest of a journalist en route to Hathras has unveiled the draconian features of the Act, under which anyone can be arrested for a period of six months without any proof of anti-national activities. It raises serious questions about violation of human rights.
The Patiala House Court, Delhi has sent Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus leader Umar Khalid to 14 days judicial custody in a case related to communal violence in north-east Delhi in February. Along with this, the Court directed the jail authorities to provide him adequate security.
The Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to a man accused of aiding the escape of a terror suspect when the bench found that the man had not been named in the FIR. While not interfering in the progress of the main investigation, the top court set aside this order of the Rajasthan High Court.
The Delhi Court allowed 10 days police custody under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act sought by Delhi Police stating that he has to be confronted with data of more than 11 Lakh pages, Umar Khalid was presented before the magistrate today after his arrest yesterday.