Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over flimsy FIRs
2 years, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over flimsy FIRs

Deccan Chronicle  

The political and legal hullabaloo surrounding the cases of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has pushed into the background some of the basic issues about free speech. The Supreme Court has rightly observed the “vicious cycle” involved in multiple FIRs in the case of Mr Zubair, and therefore ordered that there should be no coercive action for the time being. The police must indeed allow for every FIR, but they can’t be empowered to arrest people without solid evidence of wrongdoing. One of the legal scandals of arbitrary arrest are those under Unlawful Activities Prevent Act in the Bhima-Koregaon case by the National Investigating Agency, and where the Bombay high court and the Supreme Court are refusing to intervene decisively, allow the bail pleas and release of all those arrested in the case because after four years, the NIA has not made out a case.

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Parbhani violence: Somnath Suryavanshi killed as he was Dalit and protecting Constitution, says Rahul Gandhi
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Parbhani violence: Somnath Suryavanshi killed as he was Dalit and protecting Constitution, says Rahul Gandhi

New Indian Express  

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Maharashtra CM orders judicial probe into Parbhani violence over desecration of Constitution replica
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3 days, 18 hours ago

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India TV News  

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with demonetisation ruling
1 year, 11 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with demonetisation ruling

Deccan Chronicle  

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court’s collegium
2 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court’s collegium

Deccan Chronicle  

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Aakar Patel | State’s targeting of Zubair, others will make India’s rise even harder
2 years, 5 months ago

Aakar Patel | State’s targeting of Zubair, others will make India’s rise even harder

Deccan Chronicle  

The jailing of Mohammed Zubair is the latest in a line of miscarriages of justice that India’s government is inflicting on its citizens. I say India’s government because though law and order is a state subject, it is the Union government’s agencies under home minister Amit Shah that have been misusing their vast powers to destroy the lives of citizens …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pakistan’s Supreme Court an unlikely political hero
2 years, 8 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pakistan’s Supreme Court an unlikely political hero

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan’s Supreme Court does not figure very prominently in the country’s governance system. They called out the political foul play that Prime Minister Imran Khan had indulged in to avoid facing the non-confidence motion moved by the combined Opposition. The judges through their questioning showed that the parliamentary national security committee meeting, where the so-called “threat letter” from the foreign …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Defamation case for RSS remarks: Rahul Gandhi gets exemption from appearance

India TV News  

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RSS's Defamation Case : Day To Day Trial To Commence Against Rahul Gandhi From Feb 5
2 years, 10 months ago

RSS's Defamation Case : Day To Day Trial To Commence Against Rahul Gandhi From Feb 5

Live Law  

The trial in the criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will be heard every day starting February 5, a Thane court decided on Saturday. The court held that the case against Gandhi fell under the same category and hence needs to be taken up on priority, fast-tracked and heard …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left ignored
4 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left ignored

Deccan Chronicle  

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government\'s offensive misguided
4 years, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government\'s offensive misguided

Deccan Chronicle  

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pranab Da’s politics: Adept at managing power games
4 years, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pranab Da’s politics: Adept at managing power games

Deccan Chronicle  

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