YOU. CANNOT. DEMOLISH. PEOPLE'S. HOMES. JUST. BECAUSE. THEY. ARE. ACCUSED. OF. A. CRIME.
Follow the process of law, not this Bulldozer Raj nonsense. That's what an enlightened society does.
Do the Delhi Police think we're idiots, to believe Umar Khalid & Jamia students Meenan Haider & Safoora Zargar caused the Delhi riots?
A shameless, insidious attempt to deflect responsibility from the perpetrators, & demonize victims, anti CAA protesters
Journalists spreading that pathetic narrative about Modi being 'angry at bureaucrats' - you do realise he's still doing rallies in Bengal tomorrow? His right hand man is already doing rallies today.
So take that narrative and shove it where the sun don't shine, you scum.
The Indian Government just introduced 3 bills to completely overhaul and replace the core of Indian criminal law. No consultation. No discussion. No chance for any experts to review them. Heaven help us all.
If you didn't know how UP Police's case against
@zoo_bear
for calling people making hate speeches 'hate-mongers' was nonsensical, sr advocate Colin Gonsalves is doing a superb job demonstrating that in Supreme Court at present.
Surely the court can't not quash the case. Surely.
I guess we don't need the Modi govt to come clean about Pegasus anymore.
The question is, will the Supreme Court now take action, or is it going to still lament the Govt's willingness to co-operate?
Who did Siddique Kappan kill? Who did the Bhima Koregaon accused kill? Who did Sharjeel Imam kill? (Remember that he was in jail when the Delhi Riots happened, so don't try that)
Either get rid of the law entirely, or apply it uniformly, you shameless lickspittles.
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar to The Hindu: UAPA not invoked in Haridwar hate videos as the event did not lead to any killing or violence. The tridents and swords brandished at the event are “traditional things”, he said.Videos pulled down from FB.
I report
Only good thing about Supreme Court contempt case vs
@pbhushan1
is that in reply, he filed a tour de force affidavit explaining exactly why he thinks the court has failed its constitutional duty.
And guess what? Reporting on it isn't contempt
@TheQuint
Wait, has the Karnataka High Court bench not understood that a
#Hijab
is just a headscarf, and can be worn without affecting the rest of a uniform?
They just said that wearing a uniform and being allowed to wear a headscarf are incompatible. This is getting rather bizarre.
What possible reason do you cowards have for this anymore? All that bravura and you're terrified of a woman who helps the underprivileged and fights for people's rights? Enough is enough.
The Supreme Court really does find new ways to disappoint every day, no?
Para 88 of the Zakia Jafri judgment is going to go down in infamy, but I guess that's just par for the course these days.
Oh wow, kudos to
@ArunDev1
for showing up
@Tejasvi_Surya
for the squelchy turd that he is. This blithering idiot is what the right wing want as a leader?
Why can't the Karnataka High Court just issue an order reiterating that its interim order does not apply to degree colleges or schools or non-govt PU colleges?
It's being informed about misuse of its interim order, how does it cost the court to issue this clarification?
Powerful call by PM
@narendramodi
on social discipline. As always, raised national morale and motivated India. Also characteristically gave practical suggestions to the youth.
Follow protocols, stay safe.
India will come through.
Solicitor General Tushar claims
@zoo_bear
is part of a 'syndicate' which tries to sensationalise issues in the country, says the case isn't about just that one tweet.
This is an incredibly scary thing for State to argue. Anybody can be accused of this then denied bail.
Was not supposed to be writing any articles because I'm supposed to be writing a book, but today's hearing by CJI Bobde on the
#COVIDEmergency2021
is just such a perfect encapsulation of his legacy as CJI.
Farce. Abdication. Free passes for SG & Salve.
All those with the wonderful hot takes about scrapping of labour laws: you do know the obligations being scrapped in MP & UP include requirements to provide ventilation, toilets, breaks, and so on in addition to the trade union rules you hate so much, right?
Route to
#JNU
has been closed by
@DelhiPolice
. Having to go from an alternative route.
Traffic policeman asks why we are going, when I say it's because there are students being attacked there, he dismisses us, claims no such thing has ever happened.A
@TheQuint
UP govt issues notices to people they claim were involved in rioting, telling them to pay for the damage caused.
This is blatantly illegal. Liability can only arise AFTER a conviction.
Does the rule of law mean nothing to the Yogi Govt?
Terrible news: Amazon to shut down publishing house Westland Books. 💔 Here are some of their most outstanding and hard-hitting non fiction books to come out in recent times. Read
ANI doing their job, as always. Not the 16 Bihari Regiment, not the Indian Army but, 'Biharis'. Note that there was no space/character constraint, this was a choice.
Make no mistake, the chargesheets by
@DelhiPolice
on NE Delhi riots are a crucial moment for us. If this government can get away with this shameless, brain-dead attempt to frame dissenters and activists, you can kiss your democracy goodbye. Raise your voice, before it's too late.
Of the 53 people killed during the Delhi riots, 38 were Muslim. 14 mosques and a dargah were attacked. RW goons erected saffron flags on top of mosques.
But Amit Shah’s Delhi Police says Harsh Mander Incited violence and they are silent on Kapil Mishra!
Now that Umar Khalid has been arrested under the UAPA, it doesn't matter if the police's case against him is as bogus as could be.
Section 43D(5) of the UAPA + Supreme Court's Watali judgment mean he's going to be locked away for a long time.
@TheQuint
So here we have yet another terrorist who brazenly went and fired a gun at Shaheen Bagh.
While being taken away by the police he proudly says:
"Humare desh mein aur kisi ki nahin chalegi, sirf Hinduon ki chalegi."
What is even left to say.
Dilli Police ki ek bimaari,
Tis Hazari, Tis Hazari!
Come on Delhi lawyers, show some solidarity with
#JamiaStudents
,
#AMUStudents
and all those fighting for our constitutional values.
Here's why the withdrawal of that book by
@BloomsburyIndia
is NOT an attack on free speech.
The book wasn't an expression of opinion or a comment, or anything like that. It purported to tell the truth, ie, set out the facts about the Delhi riots.
1/n
This is huge.
The remission order for the convicts in the
#BilkisBanoCase
went AGAINST the opinion of the presiding judge of the trial court which convicted them.
Why is this important? It shows the process ignored what the Supreme Court said on this issue in April 2022 1/2
Bilkis Bano case: Important story
Not only did the Gujarat govt go against the opinion of the Mumbai trial court that opposed remission, but 5 of the 10 members of the committee that ordered the release of the convicts are BJP members.
With
@psychia90
Even if you support the
#BhoomiPujan
, you know the choice of today's date for it, 1 year after what was done to
#Kashmir
, is meant to send a very particular message.
A new India is being built, the old one taken apart. Think about what you're really celebrating.
Manmeet Kaur's life has been destroyed by a bunch of sexist Sikh men who wanted to stir communal fires & show how well they can control their women.
Absolutely gutted for her. And, since it appears she told a magistrate that her marriage to Shahid was her choice, for him too.
SCOOP: Scamsters used publicly available Aadhaar numbers to create bank accounts - including for 'Lord Hanuman', a busted Pak spy & Riteish Deshmukh - then siphoned off PM KISAN benefits.
Part 1 of an investigation with
@Maha_Shoonya
for
@TheQuint
:
The men convicted in the
#BilkisBanoCase
were not just convicted for committing gang rape but also the murder of 14 of Bilkis’ relatives, including children.
In what reasonable world can their sentences be remitted, that too this early?
11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of gangrape and murder of 7 members of
#BilkisBano
's family walked out of a Godhra sub-jail today. The Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy.
#2002GujaratRiots
@TheQuint
There must be action against the NDMC for continuing its demolition drive despite the Supreme Court ordering status quo to be maintained. The NDMC Mayor was aware of the order, it was reported widely. Every official who continued it should be suspended.
A sitting judge of the Supreme Court just termed the Prime Minister of our country, the government of whom is often before the court, as an "internationally acclaimed visionary" and a "versatile genius".
Sigh.
Supreme Court bench of Justices DY Chandrachud & AS Bopanna to hear the
@zoo_bear
case for quashing of the FIR against him in UP for calling Yati Narsinghanand, Bajrang Muni 'hatemongers'.
Will we finally see all the principles laid down in the Arnab Goswami case followed?
Congratulations, Justice DY Chandrachud, your legacy will be even worse than your father's. Wonder what half-baked concept the Supreme Court will have to throw around in the coming years to atone for this in the future, like Bhagwati et al did with PILs.
Supreme Court's
#Article370
judgment in nutshell :
👉 President's order (CO 273) abrogating the special status of Jammu and Kashmir upheld.
👉 Article 370 is a temporary provision.
👉 J&K retained no sovereignty.
👉 CO 272 (which changed the definition of 'J&K Constituent
If an institution has to prosecute comedians and cartoonists to uphold it's dignity and authority, that ship has already sailed, hasn't it?
And taking this course of action only makes those comedians and cartoonists seem right. Embarrassing stuff.
#BREAKING
Fresh plea in Mathura court claims that an idol of a deity 'Tha Keshav Dev' is buried under mosque near Diwan-e-Khas in Agra Fort. Suit seeks a survey of the property.
#JamiaMilia
Protests BREAKING:
All students released from Kalkaji PS.
Part 1 - including one student injured on the foot alleging use of religious slurs.
@TheQuint
This is why you're too bloody late, Supreme Court of India. Hang your heads in shame, every one of you judges who failed to take this matter seriously.
Horrific video on NDTV of a child trying to wake her mother who has passed away at a train station due to exhaustion/thirst/hunger. What are we being reduced to?
#JamiaProtest
At Kalkaji PS,
@harsh_mander
has confirmed there are 28 students inside. 1 has now been taken to hospital. Several have had injuries, say they were attacked in the library, even those who had nothing to do with the protests.
@TheQuint
Hoo boy.
@gautambhatia88
tears into the 'Executive Court' run by ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi with a clarity & courage that nobody else comes close to.
Read this & weep, friends. And pray that CJIs to come read it & understand what they must do to fix things.
Cannot understand this.
FIR is against
@thewire_in
for a story about how the UP Govt initially was going to keep the Ram Navmi celebrations in Ayodhya continue.
ANI says it's for dissemination of fake news, but FIR doesn't say article was false per se.
1/n
Wait, isn't Section 354A IPC a cognizable offence? Unless I'm getting something wrong here, this means registering FIR is absolutely mandatory per Lalita Kumari judgment and Section 154 of CrPC. No prior preliminary inquiry can be required.
As always, no law, just vibes.
Preliminary inquiry needed before FIR": SG Tushar Mehta to Supreme Court on sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Read story:
That a former director of the CBI and a long-serving IPS officer not only believes this but is comfortable enough to spew this venom publicly, tells you everything you need to know about the absolute state of this country.
Thanks for admitting this. Will police now arrest these staff members and book them under attempt to murder charges like the UP Police have done with multiple Muslims? And will
@sudhirchaudhary
also be booked for knowing this and not stopping them? Sec 269 IPC sounds about right
Team
@ZeeNews
is on the frontline, while social media stone pelters spread rumours. Those who are infected had the option of sitting at home & sharing memes.They came to work because they’re committed professionals.If you can’t show them respect,don’t expose your spiteful selves!
Do make sure you watch this video so it's clear that there is no external impediment on production of Covishield because of US export controls, according to Adar Poonawalla himself
Covishield production will NOT be affected by US export ban of vaccine raw materials, but its Covocax production that gets affected.
This is what Adar Poonawala told
@ShereenBhan
couple of days back.
Seems like there’s still some confusion about this.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is contempt of court. This.
Chavhanke is saying he will ignore a court order staying the broadcast of his show, claiming he hasn't received notice of the Digi HC order. Says that if he gets the notice, he will present his side on air. Shameless.
आज रात 8 बजे शो होगा. सोशल मीडिया पर कुछ लोग हाईकोर्ट द्वारा स्टे लगाने की पोस्ट कर रहे हैं, लेकिन हमारे पास ऐसी कोई नोटिस अधिकृत तौर पर नही आई.
इसलिए आप लोग 8 बजे शो देखें. अगर नोटिस आती है तो उसे पढ़ कर हम 8pm अपना पक्ष बताएंगे. Download Mobile App, Live 8pm & 11pm
#UPSC_Jihad
Everyone knows what these
#Bulldozer
drives are about. If you support them, you're not a patriot, you're not a supporter of the rule of law.
You're a Nazi, plain and simple. And while some of you may be proud of that, it shows just how diseased you and our society are.
So the good news is that whenever we see any dodgy arrests by Indian govts, the Supreme Court is going to go into the merits of the FIR and see if there is any offence really made out. Assuming this will mean Kishore Wangchem will be released, no more Bhima Koregaon type cases.
Only an utter biscuit like this man could share a fake post that actually is the exact opposite of what happened. And won't take it down even after its clear he's wrong.
What is this fresh hell? I thought they were relying on an Allahabad High Court judgment on attachment of property of rioters? (Which also doesn't allow that but still)
Since when did violation of prohibitory orders become punishable with attachment of property?
District authorities are issuing notices to about 1,000 people sitting on an anti-
#CAA
dharna in Aligarh, UP, warning that they may lose their property.
Shocking abdication of responsibility by the Supreme Court on
#Sedition
.
The Govt's vague suggestion to reconsider the law is entirely irrelevant to whether the provision is unconstitutional.
No timeline on abolition, no guarantee of abolition. Bizarre stuff.
Is the Supreme Court going to stop twiddling thumbs & pass orders against bulldozer retribution by state authorities?
Or does Justice DY Chandrachud think theres no harm from demolitions just like there's no harm caused by 'surveys' of mosques covered by Places of Worship Act?
Mate, you do know Cassandra was right about everything? And that the curse that she would be right and nobody would believe her was a horrific injustice against her?
There’s a bunch of Cassandras who are delighted that the Modi Governent is on the back foot with China. Folks, this is about the Indian Army. Can you put your petty politics on the back burner please. This is India vs China. Not BJP vs China. Politics can wait.
It is unbelievable that these kind of arguments are being made in a court in a non-theocratic state with freedom of speech. SV Raju is also claiming that
@zoo_bear
could have just sent letter to police rather than tweeting.
So police now decide when we can exercise free speech?
One day, this woman is going to be acquitted and will walk free of these trumped up charges. She has been robbed of the last year she could have spent with her father. There cannot be any recompense for that.
Enough is enough, our bail system, UAPA or otherwise, must be fixed.
The Delhi Police's shameful attempts to coerce confessions out of Gulfisha Data, Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita to implicate intellectuals, dissenters & political rivals need to be noted by the world. India has become a banana republic, don't think otherwise.
Raising a 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan, however distasteful or upsetting to you, is NOT a crime, whether under 124A (sedition) or 153A.
This is not something I am making up, it's what the Supreme Court held in 1995 in the Balwant Singh case. PLEASE READ IT:
Prashant Kumar, ADG Meerut on reports of 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans raised in Mawana, Meerut: One person has been arrested, more arrests will be made. Nobody will be given the freedom to do anti-national activities.
The Supreme Court is going to hear a Suo Motu case on the
#COVIDEmergency2021
at 11 am, jeopardising the good work being done by High Courts.
Let's hope the retiring CJI Bobde does what he's done best during his 15 month tenure: nothing at all.
The arrest of
#RheaChakraborty
and the nonsensical, politician motivated witch-hunt that has led us to it is a national disgrace.
The NCB's remand application, asking for 14 days' judicial custody, is breathtaking in its lack of logic.
We all need to be ashamed of ourselves.
#JamiaProtests
@GuptaMaitreyi
, International Legal Advisor for the International Commission of Jurists
@ICJ_org
explains why what happened today violates not just Indian constitutional law, but international law as well.
@TheQuint
Top corner stuff from
@kunalkamra88
?
If The Supreme Court actually takes up the contempt petitions against him after this brilliant response, failing to take up all those other high priority cases, then it really will prove everything he said to be true.
A citizen of India - no matter your opinion of his comments, he IS a citizen of India - was asked by the Supreme Court to submit a loyalty affidavit so he could exercise his fundamental rights.
Congrats Justice Chandrachud, for this new low for the court.
Another embarrassment for Delhi Police's conspiracy case re Delhi Riots. Delhi HC grants bail to Faizan Khan, a SIM card seller accused under UAPA, says no material on record to show commission of UAPA offences.
Details of Justice Kait's order
@TheQuint
:
Ar advocate SV Raju for the UP Police IO claims that calling a religious leader like Bajrangi Muni a hate-monger is outraging religious sentiments of his followers, so 295A IPC case made out.
This is insane. If Muni makes hate speeches, how is it relevant that he has followers?
There is no law which allows demolition of properties of persons accused of any crime.
Not even MP's copy of UP law on recovering compensation for damage to public/private property.
Everyone knows this was brazenly illegal. But do we care any more?
There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution which says your right to free speech or assembly can be curtailed because a related matter is being heard by the courts.
Instead of his weekly speeches, perhaps CJI Ramana should be talking to his brother judges about the law.
We just murdered an 84 year old man who had spent his life working for the disadvantaged & marginalised.
It's not just Modi & Shah who have his blood on their hands. Every judge who allowed this ghastly farce, & all of us who failed to stop it, are responsible.
RIP Stan Swamy
Re-upping this explanation by
@mekhala_saran
on why the case is baseless.
- How does calling people who've literally made hate speeches (+ been arrested for them) hate-mongers outrage religious sentiments?
- Where is the obscenity for 67 IT Act?
Remember when
@PChidambaram_IN
's urgent appeal in SC against Delhi HC rejection of his anticipatory bail petition was not heard because of a couple of defects, despite HC copy pasting stuff from an ED note, allowing him to be arrested and then kept in jail for 100+ days? Yeah.
Nine defects in the petition by Arnab Manoranjan Goswami but case seems to have gone to top of the pile in the Supreme Court, lifted 1030 am tmrw before the vacation bench.
Tripura Police's UAPA case against advocates
@AnsarIndori
& Mukesh, part of PUCL fact-finding team re anti-Muslim violence, can't possibly be legally justified.
Even though Section 43D(5) doesn't apply here, is still just misuse to make bail difficult.
And so on btw, includes the ability to sit, weekly holidays, canteens, childcare, maternity benefits and more. Please listen to the labour lawyers and workers' representatives on this, rather than business owners and think tank geniuses who are in a privileged bubble.
Another one for the Supreme Court's Hall of Shame. They actually believed the govt when they said Soz has never been under detention. A dangerous naivete
Ridiculous.
AIIMS has not made any arrangements for doctors & staff who don't stay on campus to commute to work, despite lockdowns in Delhi + NCR towns.
If we really want to appreciate our medical professionals, have to start thinking of these kind of things.
@DrHarjitBhatti
The US State Department, the Afghan President, the UN Secretary General, have all expressed grief at the death of
#DanishSiddiqui
. Heck, even the bastards who murdered him have said something. But the Prime Minister & External Affairs Minister of India are silent. Pathetic.
.
@SureshChavhanke
is criminalising Muslims students of Jamia for clearing civil services exam & calling it "Naukarshahi Jihad".
I urge
@jamiamillia_
students to file a complaint of criminal defamation or hate speech against him. These Bigots shouldn't get away with their bigotry
Harish Salve while recusing from the
#COVIDEmergency2021
case puts on a masterful show of making it out that he's some victim of a narrative against him.
Solicitor General latches on to again talk about how mean the digital media is.
Cry me a river.
Does
@BloomsburyIndia
have no shame? No decency? No basic intelligence, if moral rectitude isn't their thing?
I know it won't matter much to them, but I'm never buying a book from these vials of pondscum ever again.
Somehow, there is a case against
@zoo_bear
which is even stupider than the one lodged by Dil Ki Police.
Somehow, calling people who spew hatred in public and have cases registered against them for this, cannot be called hatemongers