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Are we losing all humanity? : Retired judges discuss UAPA, sedition and detention without evidence Are we losing our humanity?” questioned former Supreme court justice Deepak Gupta in a discussion on misuse of UAPA and Sedition laws, in context of the harsh provisions that do not allow release on bail.
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UPDATED: July 25, 2021 06:23 IST
Section 48(d) of the UAPA takes away the power of the superior courts to grant bail, said Justice Deepak Gupta (Image used for representation) Are we losing our humanity?” questioned former Supreme court justice Deepak Gupta in a discussion on misuse of UAPA and Sedition laws, in context of the harsh provisions that do not allow release on bail of persons even with serious medical condition.
Justice Madan B. Lokur, the former Supreme Court judge, has expressed doubt whether a clause and a law dealing with sedition and terrorism would be scrapped altogether but has suggested measures to insulate them from misuse.
Several former Supreme Court judges and a former high court judge on Saturday called the sedition clause and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) unconstitutional.
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Four former Supreme Court judges Justices Lokur, Aftab Alam, Deepak Gupta and V. Gopala Gowda as well as the former Patna High Court judge, Justice Anjana Prakash, were speaking at a webinar hosted by the Centre for Judicial Accountability and Reform.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur. | HT Photo
Former Supreme Court judges Aftab Alam, Madan B Lokur, Gopala Gowda and Deepak Gupta on Saturday raised concerns on the misuse of anti-terrorism laws in India, reported
The Hindu.
Justice Gupta said the courts should intervene and lay down guidelines on the use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. “The UAPA should not remain in this form,” he said. Gupta was speaking at a virtual conference on “Democracy Dissent and Draconian Laws – do UAPA and sedition have a place in our statute books”, organised by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms.
Woman recites Hanuma Chalisa during complex brain surgery at AIIMS
The team of doctors who performed the operation interacted with the woman and kept her awake to supervise her speech and body movements. (Image Source: File Photo)
Updated: Jul 24, 2021, 11:00 AM IST
Belief in God is the greatest of all things and we all look up to him God in need. This was once again proved when a 24-year-old woman recited devotional verses from the Hanuman Chalisa inside an operating room. Delhi AIIMS witnessed the unusual incident on July 23.
The woman was undergoing complex brain surgery in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi where doctors operated upon her to successfully remove a tumour from her brain.