NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday, while quashing the FIR registered against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, underscored the importance of protecting the freedom of speech and expression. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea of Congress leader Imran Pratapgarhi challenging an FIR by Gujarat police over a social media post with a song “ae…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the Assam government for holding individuals declared as foreigners in detention centres instead of deporting them, asking sarcastically, “Are you waiting for some muhurat”.Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that deportation should happen immediately after individuals are determined to be foreigners.“You have refused to…
NEW DELHI: Imposing a pan-India ban on instant ‘bulldozer justice’, Supreme Court on Wednesday said demolition of a citizen’s house merely because he is an accused or even a convict, that too without following the due process as prescribed by law, will be “totally unconstitutional”. It laid down a lengthy process for razing illegal structures…
