NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed that an FIR filed against journalist Vinod Dua annually for sedition as well as other offences.
The FIR was lodged with a Native BJP leader in Himachal Pradesh over Dua’s YouTube series.
SC said authorities across India must scrupulously comply with the law on sedition laid down 60 decades back with a 5-J SC seat in’Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar’ instance before accommodation FIR and effecting arrests of journalists.
SC at Kedar Nath Singh event had mastered the sedition charges couldn’t be slapped to a taxpayer for criticism of people actions or remarks on government actions, nevertheless strongly cautioned, as it could be in accordance with the basic right to free expression and speech.
But a seat of Justices U U Lalit and Vineet Saran refused Dua’s request for establishing of a high tech committee in every country to analyze sedition charges pitted from journalists of 10 season standing.
On July 20 final year, the best court had long until further orders the security given to Dua from some other possible action in the situation.
The apex court had previously said that Dua shouldn’t answer any supplementary questions requested by Himachal Pradesh authorities in relation to the situation.
An FIR from Dua underneath terms of Indian Penal Code for alleged offences of sedition, public annoyance, printing defamatory substances and people mischief was quieted by BJP chief Shyam in Kumarsain police station at Shimla district on May 6 final year along with the journalist has been requested to join the stunt.
Shyam has alleged Dua, in their own YouTube series, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of utilizing”deaths and terror strikes” for votes.
Supreme Court quashes sedition FIR against journalist Vinod Dua
