Seven FIRs over one incident, and a news report reposted on X: the Karnataka High Court has issued six guidelines against mechanical arrests and repeat FIRs over social media posts, saying that registration of a crime must not automatically lead to arrest, and has quashed the Puttur case against the account’s administrator. Bengaluru: Crime No. […]
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR against the administrator of an X account for reposting a news report on an alleged stalking incident in Puttur, and directs the police to stop mechanical registration of FIRs and arrests over social media posts. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 353(2) of the […]
