Source:-https://thewire.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear, in the third week of January, the plea of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) questioning the arrest of scribe Siddique Kappan on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. A bench headed by Chief Justice
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The honourable Supreme Court of India felt really hurt the other day. How could people, especially pesky journalists, be unfair to it? The esteemed Chief Justice of India aimed his remarks at the lawyer of journalist Siddique Kappan, in jail since October 5 for the terrible crime of trying to get to Hathras in
Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea challenging the arrest of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V
Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Shakhavat Kha, the maternal uncle of research scholar Atiq-ur-Rehman, says he was detained by the police in Mathura only because the Uttar Pradesh government wanted Muslim āscapegoatsā to divert attention from the rape case of a Dalit girl in Hathras. āThese are Muslim boys. So they [police] made them scapegoats,ā Mr. Kha told The
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court said on Monday it was trying to discourage the use of a provision that allows incarcerated people to directly approach the top court against violation of their fundamental rights as it felt that high courts were well-equipped to deal with such matters. In a case pertaining to Malayalam journalist Siddique Kappan,
