140 lawyers write to CJI for restoration of Net at protest sites
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 3
A group of 140 lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde against suspension of Internet services at various entry points to Delhi where thousands of farmers have been protesting against farm laws for more than two months.
Mobile Internet services were temporarily suspended following unprecedented violence on Republic Day during farmers’ tractor rally that left one farmer dead in an accident. A large number of vehicles were also damaged. Thereafter, violent clashes between “local” residents and protesters were reported at Singhu Border on January 29.
Tharoor, Sardesai, others move SC
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and senior journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath have moved the Supreme Court, challenging multiple FIRs lodged against them over their “misleading” tweets on the violence in the national Capital during farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day.
- The Noida Police had booked Tharoor and six journalists for sedition, hate speech and other charges over the violence.
“This must be done immediately in order to stop the gross injustice which is tarnishing the fabric of our Constitution and causing colossal damage to the sheen of a democratic nation… History will not pardon us if we remain mute spectators to this violation of human rights,” they submitted.
The letter urged the court to set up a Commission of Enquiry to probe into the alleged police inaction in controlling the violence and the role of the Delhi Police in allegedly facilitating the mob attack on 29 January on farmers. They demanded strict action against journalists and TV news channels for allegedly disseminating provocative content about farmers’ protest.
