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TopicSanjay Hegde

Topic: Sanjay Hegde

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

Bhadra Sinha -
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’

Apoorva Mandhani -
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

Debayan Roy -
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

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
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

Fiza Jha -
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

Fatima Khan -
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

Fatima Khan -
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

Nayanima Basu -
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.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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