Right to free speech doesn’t cover hate: SC notice to 5 states; Centre on Wazahat Khan’s plea to club cases | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court stressed Monday that “hate speech” is not covered under freedom of expression, even as it restrained police from four states from arresting Wazahat Khan, who was instrumental in the arrest of social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli for her communal posts on Pahalgam killings. FIRs have been lodged against him for…

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Kidnapping case: SC calls Madras HC order to arrest ADGP ‘shocking’; pulls up Tamil Nadu govt over suspension | India News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Tamil Nadu government and questioned the Madras High Court’s directive to arrest Additional Director General of Police H M Jayaram in a kidnapping case. Describing the order as “shocking and demoralising,” the apex court sought an explanation for the officer’s suspension and asked the Kerala…

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Compassionate employment: SC says scheme to address indigence of family; denies relief to man whose father left him two houses, 33 acres | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said compassionate employment to kin of a government employee dying in harness was to prevent penury for the family and denied this to a young man whose father had left behind two residential houses, 33 acres of agricultural land and a family pension of Rs 85,000 per month.A…

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Contempt proceedings against cops 6 years after incident stayed by Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday stayed contempt of court proceedings initiated by Calcutta high court against seven police personnel, including three IPS officers, former Howrah police commissioner Vishal Garg, former DCP (south) Howrah V S R Anantanag and former Addl DCP Howrah Bhavna Gupta, in relation to a violent incident in Howrah district court…

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