Allahabad high court (File photo)
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court recently declined to quash the FIR lodged against a person who was accused of putting nude pictures of his wife on social media.
Dismissing a writ petition filed by one Dhananjaya of Mathura district, a division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal said, “From the perusal of the FIR, prima facie it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out. Hence, no ground exists for quashing of the FIR or staying the arrest of the petitioner.”
The state counsel had opposed the petition, saying that a commission of cognizable offence is made out against the petitioner. It was also submitted that even allegations of commission of offence are also prima facie made out as there is specific allegation of putting nude pictures of the informant (the wife who had lodged FIR) on WhatsApp. Therefore, merely because petitioner is husband of the informant does not constitute a valid ground to q
In a landmark judgment, the Allahabad High Court has said that "expressing dissent on law-and-order situation in a state is a hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, and the same is constitutionally protected under .
‘Expressing dissent on law and order situation hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy’
Expressing dissent on the law and order situation in the state is a “hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, constitutionally protected under Article 19 of the Constitution”, the Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal observed while quashing the FIR. December 24, 2020 10:41:31 pm
An FIR was registered in June last year on the complaint of the estranged husband who claimed that his bank account statements had been procured through a forged police notice. (Representational)
Observing that expressing dissent on law and order situation is a “hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy” like India, the Allahabad high court has quashed an FIR against a person who had allegedly tweeted that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath “has transformed the state into a jungleraj in which no law and order pre
Allahabad High Court quashes FIR over ‘jungleraj in UP’ tweet
In the FIR, police had alleged that Singh had referred to various incidents of abduction, ransom call and murders in his tweet. December 25, 2020 1:47:08 am
Observing that expressing dissent on law and order situation is a “hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy” like India, the Allahabad high court has quashed an FIR against a person who had allegedly tweeted that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath “has transformed the state into a jungleraj in which no law and order prevails”.
Expressing dissent on the law and order situation in the state is a “hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, constitutionally protected under Article 19 of the Constitution”, the Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal observed while quashing the FIR.
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LUCKNOW: While junking an FIR filed against a person for condemning the law and order scenario in UP, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that mere expression of dissent against the affairs of the state was not a criminal offence.
While hearing a writ petition filed by one Yashwant Singh, a division bench, comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal stated: Expressing dissent on law and order situation in the state is a hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, constitutionally protected under Art 19 of the
Constitution.
The petitioner had sought court s intervention in getting an FIR, lodged against him by the UP police, quashed. He was allegedly booked for his tweets making critical remarks about the UP government.