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TopicSanjay Hegde

Topic: Sanjay Hegde

Not discharging public function, no positive obligation to further free speech: Twitter tells HC

Site says it is does not discharge public function and has no positive obligation to protect Fundamental Rights protected under India’s Constitution.

Professor, journalist and lawyer, Padma Bhushan Ashok Desai was a ‘lion of the bar’

Former attorney general Ashok Desai, who passed away Monday, was part of many important cases, including on power of CBI & CVC, Salwa Judum and Section 377.

Lawyer in 2002 riots & lynching cases, Sanjay Hegde to head Shaheen Bagh talks team

When SC appointed him to head the team tasked with outreach to Shaheen Bagh protesters, Sanjay Hegde was caught off-guard.

Mastodon — the social networking site Indians, angry with Twitter, are moving to

Many Indian Twitter users have signed up for Mastodon after accusing the former of bias for suspending lawyer Sanjay Hegde's account.

Blue tick not just a verification mark but a mark of Twitter’s caste bias, say users

Twitter users have made hashtag 'Cancel all blue ticks in India' trend, alleging the platform has a bias against Dalits, minorities and other lower castes when it verifies accounts.

Twitter won’t restore Sanjay Hegde’s account, lawyer says will move court

SC advocate Sanjay Hegde says he is planning to take Twitter to court over its decision, also considering moving international courts.

Sanjay Hegde can return to Twitter if he deletes ‘objectionable’ post, but he won’t

Hegde’s Twitter account has been blocked twice since Saturday over an iconic 1936 photo of Nazi Germany and for sharing a poem titled ‘Hang Him’.

SC lawyer Sanjay Hegde tangles with Twitter over ‘defiance’ photo from 1936 Nazi Germany

Hegde had his account suspended over the photo of German August Landmesser refusing to enact the Nazi salute before Hitler. The account was later re-instated.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.