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Veteran journalist and former Union minister Arun Shourie on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the sedition law’s constitutionality and relevance in modern-day India, joining a growing clamour against the colonial-era legislation. In a joint petition with NGO Common Cause, filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, Shourie complained that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was increasingly being abused against citizens who disagree with those in power. Advertisement The petition argued that despite the Supreme Court’s 1962 Kedar Nath Singh judgment having upheld the provi...

Bombay HC grants 45-day parole to jailed gangster Arun Gawli for wife's surgery Bombay HC grants 45-day parole to jailed gangster Arun Gawli for wife's surgery The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has granted 45-day parole to gangster Arun Gawli on the ground of his wife's ill-health. advertisement Gawli is a notorious gangster who joined the Mumbai underworld in the 1970s. (File photo) The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court (HC) has granted 45-day parole to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli alias Daddy on the ground of his wife's ill-health. A division bench of Justices ZA Haq an...