When the apex court on Wednesday바카라 웹사이트ordered that Section 124A should be kept in abeyance till the Union government re-examines the provision, the lawyer community in Shimla considered it a great reprieve for those booked on frivolous grounds.바카라 웹사이트
When late journalist Vinod Dua was booked under바카라 웹사이트sedition charges following a complaint by a BJP activist Ajay Shyam in Shimla in June 2020, the police asked him to join the investigations even though the state had travel restrictions due to the pandemic.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
The FIR against Dua was eventually quashed by the Supreme Court on the ground that “strong words” of disapproval about the government did not amount to sedition.바카라 웹사이트When the apex court on Wednesday바카라 웹사이트ordered that Section 124A should be kept in abeyance till the Union government examines the provision, the lawyer community in Shimla considered it a great reprieve for those booked on frivolous grounds.바카라 웹사이트
Rajneesh Maniktala, a senior advocate at Himachal Pradesh lawyer, says, “It라이브 바카라 better late than never. This section had become a tool for repression for free expression of views.”바카라 웹사이트
Himachal Pradesh Bar Council President Ajay Kochhar said, “After Wednesday라이브 바카라 order, the Centre and state governments will not be able to register any FIR, continue the investigation, or take any coercive steps under the provision."
Kochhar indicated that if the detention or arrest of any person under the sedition law is proved illegal, the state will have to pay the compensation or face legal proceedings.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Former Himachal Pradesh advocate General Shrawan Dogra said,바카라 웹사이트“Even though it라이브 바카라 an interim order but the trials and investigations will be stopped. The accused can seek their release on bail till the government comes out with its response on the provisions.”바카라 웹사이트
Senior advocate of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Mohinder Bhardwaj said that successive governments have used the colonial-era law against students, journalists, intellectuals, and social activists to suppress dissent and free speech.바카라 웹사이트
Last year, former Congress MLA Neeraj Bharti, who was also the Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the previous Congress government, was booked for sedition for his social media posts in which he made some references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and martyrs. He was arrested before he was granted bail by the court.바카라 웹사이트
“I welcome the Supreme Court order. Till today, the police have not been able to file any charge sheet against me. I will be filing a defamation case against the government very soon,” he told바카라 웹사이트바카라바카라 웹사이트from Dharamshala.바카라 웹사이트