Dev 360: Dissent & democracy A real debate needed
6 years, 4 months ago

Dev 360: Dissent & democracy A real debate needed

Deccan Chronicle  

Are citizens and dissenters two separate groups of people? If the police can hold press conferences accusing well-known human rights campaigners, share documents and letters purportedly to establish links between the arrested persons and Maoist organisations, even as the Supreme Court is seized of the matter, how can ordinary people dare to speak truth to power? Consider the case of the assistant professor in Bihar who was brutally thrashed by a group of people over sharing a Facebook post critical of Atal Behari Vajpayee after the former PM’s death last month. It’s difficult to say how these cases will end, but there’s no doubt that cumulatively they are having a chilling effect on ordinary people who may want to speak out. Tamil folk singer Kovan has been arrested twice — most recently for singing a song satirising the Prime Minister and the BJP, and also in October 2015 on charges of sedition, attempt to create enmity between social groups etc when he had taken on the Tamil Nadu government, then led by the late Jayalalithaa.

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'Right To Dissent Core Of Democracy': High Court Quashes 2009 Case Against Kerala CM, CPM Leadership Over 2009 Protest
2 years, 3 months ago

'Right To Dissent Core Of Democracy': High Court Quashes 2009 Case Against Kerala CM, CPM Leadership Over 2009 Protest

Live Law  

Quashing the criminal proceedings against 12 CPI Leaders, including the state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Former CM V S Achuthanandan and Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat in a case alleging unlawful assembly and rioting, the Kerala High Court on Thursday said the right to dissent and the freedom of expression which is contrary to the views of the government is …

Illiberalism Biggest Threat To Constitutional Democracy : Justice Gautam Patel At Constitution Day Event
3 years, 1 month ago

Illiberalism Biggest Threat To Constitutional Democracy : Justice Gautam Patel At Constitution Day Event

Live Law  

Speaking at an event celebrating Constitution Day 2021, Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court noted that the text of the Indian Constitution does not contemplate anything as "too much dissent". Justice Patel was speaking at The Leaflet's Constitution Day Talk titled 'Undermining the Idea of India: Which way forward? Justice Patel was speaking at The Leaflet's Constitution Day …

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court
6 years, 4 months ago

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists arrested in raids last month from across the country had links with Maoists. The Maharashtra Police categorically told the top court that the activists were arrested for their Maoist links and not for expressing 'dissent'. The Maharashtra Police had on August 28 raided the homes of …

'Activists arrested to crush dissent, instill fear in govt critics': P Chidambaram
6 years, 4 months ago

'Activists arrested to crush dissent, instill fear in govt critics': P Chidambaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Nagpur: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed the Maharashtra government over the arrest of five Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links, saying it was an attempt to crush dissent. Addressing a press conference in Nagpur, the former Union minister said holding extreme Right or Left wing views is acceptable in a free country and the problem arises only when …

'Dissent is safety valve of democracy': No jail, but house arrest for 5 activists, says Supreme Court; next hearing on 6 Sept
6 years, 4 months ago

'Dissent is safety valve of democracy': No jail, but house arrest for 5 activists, says Supreme Court; next hearing on 6 Sept

Firstpost  

Dealing a blow to the Maharashtra Police, the apex court questioned it for arresting the activists nine months after the violence between Dalits and upper caste Peshwas in Koregaon-Bhima village near Pune following the Elgar Parishad, or conclave, on 31 December, 2017. New Delhi/Pune: The Maharashtra Police’s move to arrest five well-known activists was punctured on Wednesday with the Supreme …

‘Dissent is safety valve of democracy’: SC rules against sending arrested Bhima Koregaon case accused to jail, orders their house arrest
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Dissent is safety valve of democracy’: SC rules against sending arrested Bhima Koregaon case accused to jail, orders their house arrest

India TV News  

In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against sending the five accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case to jail and asked the Maharashtra police to place them under house arrest. The apex court ruled that the five arrested activists- Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonzalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha- will not be sent to jail but …

India: Outrage after activists arrested over alleged Maoist links
6 years, 4 months ago

India: Outrage after activists arrested over alleged Maoist links

Al Jazeera  

Five left-wing activists arrested in multi-city raids accused of triggering caste violence near Pune last year. “These persons have been arrested for their Maoist links,” Shivaji Bodakhe, joint commissioner of Pune police in western Maharashtra state, told AFP news agency, without giving further details. ‘Atmosphere of fear’ The crackdown was condemned by lawyers, academics, authors and rights watchdogs, with government …

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