Calcutta High Court to hear habeas corpus petitions alleging illegal detention of Bengal workers in Odisha and Delhi. Court reminds lawyer to focus only on his client’s case.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that merely liking a social media post does not equate to sharing it, thus cannot be penalized under Section 67 of the IT Act, which pertains to obscene content. The decision dismissed charges against Imran Khan, emphasizing that liking does not constitute publication or transmission.
Today, On 20th December, The Uttar Pradesh government told the Allahabad High Court that Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, posted messages on X with “half-baked information” about Yati Narsinghanand’s speech. The state said these posts “harmed India’s sovereignty and integrity” and aimed to incite violence while encouraging separatist feelings. Additional Advocate General Manish Goyal shared these claims before Justices Siddhartha Varma and Nalin Kumar Srivastava.
