DC EDIT | Stop abusing penal code
2 years, 6 months ago

DC EDIT | Stop abusing penal code

Deccan Chronicle  

The arrest of a man in Uttar Pradesh early this week for wrapping meat in a newspaper on which pictures of Hindu deities were printed is the latest example of how legal provisions are being misused in the country. He has not only been booked under the Indian Penal Code’s sections 153-A and 295A, but also under Section 307 for attempt to murder with the police saying he attacked their team when it reached his place to arrest him. The government, however, seems unstoppable and repurposes new sections in the code to do its job and the latest finds are sections 153, 153A, and 295A which are about giving provocation with intent to cause riot, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence and outraging religious sentiments. Co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been booked under sections 153A and 295A for a 2018 tweet. The governments must stop abuse of legal provisions to incarcerate citizens who make use of their constitutional and democratic rights, and the courts should stop playing ball.

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Allahabad High Court stays arrest of Mohammed Zubair, accused of inciting violence
3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court stays arrest of Mohammed Zubair, accused of inciting violence

Op India  

On Friday, the Allahabad High Court stayed the arrest of Alt New co-founder Mohammed Zubair, accused of creating social disharmony through a social media post. So whatever you have argued, we will pass orders protecting him till the 2nd January only.… — Live Law December 20, 2024 The Allahabad High Court has further asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file …

No Criminality Found in Zubair's Tweet: Delhi Police to High Court in POCSO Case
2 years ago

No Criminality Found in Zubair's Tweet: Delhi Police to High Court in POCSO Case

The Quint  

The Delhi Police on Thursday, 5 January told the Delhi High Court that they found “no criminality in so far as Zubair is concerned” amid a hearing of the case related to a 2020 tweet posted by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. What is the case: Zubair was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act by the …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered …

SC asks Uttar Pradesh to not take any action against Zubair without its nod
2 years, 5 months ago

SC asks Uttar Pradesh to not take any action against Zubair without its nod

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said the "vicious cycle" of cases filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for his tweets seem to have "similar content" and ordered the State to not take any precipitate action against him without the apex court's permission. Makes urgent mention The turn of events began in the morning when …

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Details of 6 cases UP SIT team will probe
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Details of 6 cases UP SIT team will probe

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government formed a two-member Special Investigation Team to investigate six cases that have been lodged against already arrested Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. The SIT is to investigate six cases that have been lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Hathras, and Muzaffarnagar. Ghaziabad According to the official, the third FIR was lodged on …

UP Govt constitutes SIT to investigate cases related to AltNews' Md Zubair
2 years, 5 months ago

UP Govt constitutes SIT to investigate cases related to AltNews' Md Zubair

Op India  

The Uttar Pradesh government has formed a Special Investigation Team to look into all the accusations against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair. #BREAKING | Uttar Pradesh Police forms SIT to investigate Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. UP govt constitutes SIT to probe allegations against Mohammed Zubair The government’s directive to form the SIT comes in the backdrop of the Supreme …

Alt News' Mohammed Zubair sent to 14-day judicial custody in Lakhimpur case
2 years, 5 months ago

Alt News' Mohammed Zubair sent to 14-day judicial custody in Lakhimpur case

Op India  

On Monday, Alt News co-founder and alleged ‘fact checker’ Mohammed Zubair was sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Mohammadi Session Court. Uttar Pradesh | Mohammadi Sessions Court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody. pic.twitter.com/Pz1LtWpl5n — ANI UP/Uttarakhand July 11, 2022 Earlier, an arrest warrant was issued against the Alt News co-founder in the Lakhimpur Kheri …

How offences are being ‘dropped’ and ‘added’ in cases against Zubair
2 years, 6 months ago

How offences are being ‘dropped’ and ‘added’ in cases against Zubair

The Hindu  

In both the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh cases where Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested, the police have after registering the FIR told courts that they have “removed” and “added” certain Sections in the cases. At the next remand hearing on July 2, the Delhi police told the court they were also “adding” Sections 120B, 201 of the IPC …

Aakar Patel | State’s targeting of Zubair, others will make India’s rise even harder
2 years, 6 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 …

Alt News parent company received ₹2 lakh from foreign countries: police
2 years, 6 months ago

Alt News parent company received ₹2 lakh from foreign countries: police

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police on Saturday said Pravda Media Foundation, under which the fact-checking website Alt News operates, received over ₹2 lakh from various transactions in which either the phone numbers or the IP addresses belonged to foreign countries. International transactions According to a statement by the Delhi Police, from the analysis of a response received from payment gateway Razorpay, the …

Over 100 concerned citizens demand immediate release of Mohammed Zubair
2 years, 6 months ago

Over 100 concerned citizens demand immediate release of Mohammed Zubair

The Hindu  

Over 100 concerned citizens have demanded immediate release of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of AltNews, welcoming the Delhi High Court’s notice to the Delhi Police seeking a response on a petition challenging the legality and propriety of his four-day police remand and the seizure of his digital devices. “We believe that Mr. Zubair is being targeted maliciously for performing the …

Twitter account that led to Zubair’s arrest back online
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter account that led to Zubair’s arrest back online

The Hindu  

The Twitter account that led to the Delhi Police filing FIR against Alt-News co-founder Mohd. The account’s June 19 tweet, which was the first post made since its creation in October 2021, formed the basis for the Special Cell’s FIR against Mr. Zubair. An analysis of the tweet of @balajikijaiin that the police said revived Mr. Zubair’s post from 2018, …

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi HC Against Police Remand
2 years, 6 months ago

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi HC Against Police Remand

News 18  

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair to the Delhi Police was mentioned by his lawyer, …

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest
2 years, 6 months ago

Theatre of the absurd: The Hindu Editorial on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

The Hindu  

Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, is being made to pay for his role in drawing wide attention to the vile remarks made on live television by a ruling party spokesperson that caused international embarrassment to the Government. The inherent absurdity of the charge — that he sought to incite enmity between groups and insult religious feelings by …

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Police to probe donations to Alt News, his 'social media brigade'
2 years, 6 months ago

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Police to probe donations to Alt News, his 'social media brigade'

Op India  

After the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair by the Delhi Police Special Cell, the investigation officers said in a statement that the donations made to the Alt News website would also be probed. Earlier, Delhi Police said in a statement that transactions worth 50 lakh were done from Zubair’s account in the last few days. Alt News co-founder …

Delhi Police Produces Mohammed Zubair Before Court Over Objectionable Tweet
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Police Produces Mohammed Zubair Before Court Over Objectionable Tweet

News 18  

Delhi police on Tuesday produced Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair before a court here in a case related to an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The police produced Zubair before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria on the expiry of his one-day custodial interrogation. A day after he was affrested, officials said that his “objectionable …

Mohammad Zubair's 'objectionable' tweet of 2018 led to Twitter storm with 'hate' speeches: Delhi Police
2 years, 6 months ago

Mohammad Zubair's 'objectionable' tweet of 2018 led to Twitter storm with 'hate' speeches: Delhi Police

Firstpost  

Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets posted in 2018 New Delhi: A day after fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Tuesday that his “objectionable tweet of 2018 led to a Twitter storm with hate speeches, detrimental to …

Zubair’s arrest a violation of rights, abuse of power: Amnesty
2 years, 6 months ago

Zubair’s arrest a violation of rights, abuse of power: Amnesty

The Hindu  

Amnesty International India on Tuesday said the arrest of Mohammed Zubair, a co-founder of the fact-checking website ALT News, by the Delhi Police was a violation of the right to freedom of expression and an abuse of power by the authorities. In a statement, Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel said: “The Indian authorities are targeting Mohammed Zubair for his crucial …

Allahabad HC dismisses plea filed by Mohammad Zubair to quash the FIR filed against him by UP police
2 years, 6 months ago

Allahabad HC dismisses plea filed by Mohammad Zubair to quash the FIR filed against him by UP police

Op India  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair challenging the FIR filed against him on June 1 for using derogatory language against Mahant Bajrang Muni Udasin, Rashtriya Sanrakshak of Rashtriya Hindu Sher Sena along with Yati Narsinghanand and Swami Anand Swaroop. Allahabad High Court refuses to quash FIR against Mohd Zubair, …

Mohammed Zubair accused of issuing death threats, FIR registered
3 years, 5 months ago

Mohammed Zubair accused of issuing death threats, FIR registered

Op India  

A Muzaffarnagar resident has accused Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair of issuing threats to his life. Consequently, an FIR has been registered against Zubair under sections 504, 506 and 192 of the Indian Penal Code. Mohammed Zubair is also accused in an FIR registered in June by the police in Uttar Pradesh over a fake hate crime case. While Zubair, …

Chhattisgarh HC give relief to Mohammed Zubair in child harassment case
4 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh HC give relief to Mohammed Zubair in child harassment case

Op India  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has today granted interim protection to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair while hearing his plea to quash the FIR filed against him under IPC Section 509B, IT Act section 67 and POCSO Act. Chhattisgarh HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Alt News Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair In Plea To Quash FIR @zoo_bear,@AltNews https://t.co/lcB6KuhPdh — Live Law …

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