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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Chennai Press Club president and two other journalists move Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail
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Activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid have approached the Supreme Court seeking bail in a case filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act that stems from the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. Their petition challenges a Delhi High Court order that denied bail, and they argue that no witness has yet been examined in the proceedings. In the plea before the apex court, the activists contend that both should be granted bail.
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Justice N. Ramesh says: “It is unfortunate that journalism, in the hands of those who hold office in its associations, has come down to this level.”
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They apprehend arrest by the city police in a case registered on the basis of a defamation complaint lodged by a fellow journalist
