The right or wrong of what Arundhati Roy said isn’t the issue today. Arguments over it can’t be allowed to deflect from the fact that state is using UAPA to sidetrack statutory limitation, higher courts injunctions to retrospectively reopen a case after 14 years. This is condemnable, must be withdrawn.
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A good principle to follow in such cases would be the one laid down by the Supreme Court in 1962 in the matter of Sedition. A call for violence, the overthrow of the state by force. An imminent danger.
A good principle to follow in such cases would be the one laid down by the Supreme Court in 1962 in the matter of Sedition. A call for violence, the overthrow of the state by force. An imminent danger.
How would this be viewed globally. It has become fashionable to disdain western media coverage, but senior diplomats should consider this objectively.
A good principle to follow in such cases would be the one laid down by the Supreme Court in 1962 in the matter of Sedition. A call for violence, the overthrow of the state by force. An imminent danger.