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PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court recently quashed an FIR lodged against a person for his alleged remarks that “the chief minister of UP has transformed the state into a jungle raj in which no law and order prevails”.
While delivering its judgment, the court observed that “expressing dissent on law and order situation in the state is a hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, and the same is constitutionally protected under Article 19 of the Constitution (right to freedom of speech and expression).”
Allowing a writ petition filed by one Yashwant Singh, who had made certain remarks against UP CM from his twitter handle, a division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal quashed the FIR dated August 2, 2020, registered against the petitioner under Sections 500 (defamation) and 66-D (offence of cheating by personation by using computer resource) of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 at Bh
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High Court relief for man booked under UP’s anti-conversion law
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December 19, 2020
Allahabad, Dec 19: The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Police not to take any coercive action against a man booked under the recently promulgated Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 for allegedly trying to marry a woman with intentions of converting her to other religion.
A division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal was hearing a writ petition filed by Nadeem against whom an FIR was lodged at Mansoorpur police station in Muzaffarnagar.
Appearing on behalf of the petitioner, senior advocate SFA Naqvi argued that the ordinance is ultra vires of the Constitution and any criminal proceeding initiated under provisions of the ordinance shall be quashed.
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The Bench observed, “There is no material before us that any force or coercive process is being adopted by the petitioner to convert the wife of the informant.” The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Police not to take any coercive action against a man booked under the recently promulgated Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 for allegedly trying to marry a woman with intentions of converting her to other religion.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal was hearing a writ petition filed by Nadeem against whom an FIR was lodged at Mansoorpur police station in Muzaffarnagar.