The well-known Washington-based think tank Freedom House has downgraded India’s freedom score from “free” to “partially free,” saying that civil rights and liberties “have been eroding since Narendra Modi left. became prime minister in 2014, “referring specifically to attacks on Muslims. of the sedition law and the government’s response to …
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By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: December 2, 2020 7:11:38 am “A public office in a democracy has to listen to criticism day after day. Ultimately, people have to find a balance between the rights of the whole society and individual rights, “the bank said. Claiming that a …
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Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Monday that his government would suspend the controversial Kerala Police Amendment ordinance, which had drawn severe criticism of the CPI (M) government in the state and accusations that it was a measure. intended to “muzzle the media.” In a brief statement on Monday, …
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On November 21, the Governor of Kerala promulgated the Kerala Police Ordinance (Amendment), 2020 as the legislative assembly is not in session. The cabinet had presented its recommendation to the governor in late October. See this ordinance, a new Section 118A has been introduced in the Kerala Police Act, 2011. …
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The question is: Question: What is contempt of court?Answer: a joke. That’s literally true in India today – three Supreme Court jokes, posted on Twitter by comedian Kunal Kamra, are likely to attract contempt of the court proceedings against him. That is, in fact, the wise advice of the Attorney …
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Written by Sofi Ahsan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 22, 2020 9:00:34 pm The new section 118 (d) of Kerala law provided for the imprisonment, which lasted up to three years, of any person convicted of causing “annoyance” to any person “indecently” through “verbal statements …
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New Delhi: With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan enacting the Kerala Police Law Amendment Ordinance, the Left Front-ruled state police will now have the right to prosecute and imprison people “for doing, expressing, publishing or disseminate any matter that is threatening, abusive, humiliating or defamatory ”through“ any mode of communication …
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As soon as news broke of the arrest of Republic TV owner / editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, support for him came from everywhere. Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Union ministers Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and Prakash Javadekar and other senior party officials, expressed their outrage and compared it …
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File photo of Judge Madan B Lokur. Former Supreme Court Justice Madan B Lokur was especially critical of the “abuse” of prohibition orders and the general shutdown of the Internet. PTI Last update: October 12, 2020 11:50 PM IST FOLLOW US: The law is being misused to curb freedom of …
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NEW DELHI: Freedom of expression and expression is the “most abused right” in recent times, the Supreme Court said Thursday and stopped the Center for his “evasive” and “brazen” affidavit about the media coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat event earlier this year. A bank headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde …
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