The plea has been filed by Advocate Manashwy Jha. It is an appeal to the high court to not proceed with the physical hearing that is scheduled to start on March 15th, 2021. The plea stated that the Court should wait till the advocates and court officers are vaccinated before resuming physical hearings.
Case: VIVEK SHEEL AGGARWAL & ORS. V. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Excerpt The petitioners had filed this Public Interest Litigation (PIL), requesting the court
The Court expressed its indignation by stating that “Based on a false complaint, a person is in jail for about 77 days. This Court cannot shut its eye in such situations.”
The Court stated that “We are living in a State governed by the Constitution and discrimination on the basis of caste by denying of right to choose spouse, is in violation of Fundamental Rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India.”
The main contention that was raised was with respect to evidence that linked the violence on January 26th to the toolkit which was shared. The prosecution claimed that the toolkit that was shared by Swedish climate change activist Great Thunberg was created by Disha Ravi and Ravi had also attended Zoom meetings with members of the PJF.
The counsel appearing for Ravi, Sidharth Agarwal stated that “We all have different opinions. You may have a problem with farmers’ protest, I may not. If highlighting protest globally is sedition, I (Ravi) am better in jail. I (defence counsel) also support farmers. But if that’s an offence, let’s all go to jail.”
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Excerpt The Court directed that in light of the emergency and to avoid a blackout situation, the berthing of Defendant’s vessel be allowed so as
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