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Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan to remain in jail despite SC’s bail: Report

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Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan to remain in jail despite SC’s bail: Report On Monday, the court of additional district and sessions judge Anurodh Mishra released Kappan following orders of the Supreme Court that had granted him bail on September 9. Siddique Kappan, a Kerala-based journalist who the Supreme Court recently granted bail, will continue to remain in a jail in Lucknow as a case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him is still pending, reported news agency PTI. On Monday, the court of additional district and sessions judge…

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Plea in Supreme Court seeking arrest of Nupur Sharma over Prophet remarks row withdrawn

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Plea in SC seeking arrest of Nupur Sharma over Prophet remarks row withdrawn The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking directions to the authorities to act and arrest suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The Supreme Court on Friday asked a petitioner to withdraw a plea seeking directions to the authorities to act and arrest suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her alleged controversial statement o Prophet Mohammad and hurting sentiments of the Muslim community. A bench led by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit suggested to the petitioner…

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Supreme Court grants bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan : Uttarakhand

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SC grants bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan Journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested in October 2020 on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh where a Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Friday said the Supreme Court will grant bail to journalist Siddique Kappan. The journalist from Kerala was arrested in October 2020 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) when he was on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh where a Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped.…

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Prayers inculcating moral values not confined to a religion: supreme court

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Prayers inculcating moral values not confined to a religion: supreme court The Supreme Court said this in response to a plea challenging the Centre’s December 2012 order making recital of Sanskrit shlokas mandatory during morning assemblies at Kendriya Vidyalayas Prayers inculcating moral values are not confined to any religion, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing a plea challenging the Centre’s December 2012 order making recital of Sanskrit shlokas mandatory during morning assemblies at Kendriya Vidyalayas. A bench of justices Indira Banerjee, Surya Kant, and MM Sundresh said such…

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SC sends conman Sukesh to Mandoli jail; denies probe on extortion charge at Tihar

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The ED informed the court that upon investigation into the ₹215 crore extortion case executed by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar between July 2020 and August 2021, he paid ₹12.5 crore as bribes to jail officials SC sends conman Sukesh to Mandoli jail; denies probe on extortion charge at Tihar The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife from Delhi’s Tihar jail to Mandoli jail and “consciously” decided not to deal with his allegation of extortion against prison officials as ‘the matter ought to be…

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