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Absurd Case Against Ali Khan Mahmudabad & Perils Of Chilling Effect  https://www.livelaw.in/articles/absurd-case-against-ali-khan-mahmudabad-perils-of-chilling-effect-292967 Kalpana Kannabiran 22 May 2025  Televised interviews with the complainant-chairperson sadly exposed a total lack of comprehension on her part, of the post – rendering her complaint malicious and false. Despite this, the Hon'ble Supreme Court, while granting interim bail has directed the constitution of a Special Investigation Team by the Director General of Police, Haryana, consisting of senior police officers to determine the 'meaning of the words' in the post; ordered surrender of his passport; and barred him from posting content on social media. While it is a relief to have him released from custody, the wide-ranging powers placed in the very same police establishment that arrested him is a cause for concern.

JD: I wonder what kind of petition can individual or an organisation like pucl file to tell the supreme court that it is failing in its duty to protect fundamental right if it is not able to protect us from such 'chilling effects' on our fundamental rights.

SS:  This subject judgement is at least partly comparable with Supreme Court judgement on June 24 2022 ordering probe against Teesta Setalvad charging her with falsifying evidence in the Zakia Jafri case just out of the blue!

Here also the Court, virtually suo moto, visions "dog whistle" and orders constitution of an SIT to conduct an open-ended probe. This is too ominous.
Calls for a broad-based national campaign.

Rethinking Learning Spaces   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca7usGiXzD0 | Pranith Simha | TEDxDantewada Reimagining learning spaces and empowering communities is key to transforming public education. Alternative approaches can create inclusive, democratic learning for tribal children. Pranith Simha is the Founder & Executive Director of Bachpan Banao, a grassroots organization revitalizing public education in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. A dropout from IISER Pune, he found his calling in education through Disha, a student initiative for slum children. Since 2012, he has led transformative programs like Padhe Dantewada-Likhe Dantewada and Sapno Ki Shala, an alternative school promoting democratic learning. His latest work focuses on youth-led children’s libraries that foster creativity and safety. 

Marathi actor's wife, two others face charges after recitation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's ‘Hum Dekhenge’  https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/marathi-actors-wife-two-others-face-charges-after-recitation-of-faiz-ahmed-faizs-hum-dekhenge-101747752959037.html  According to a complainant Dattatraya Shirke cited by PTI, the The speaker allegedly said during the recitation, “Jo song ke medium se ye satta hila thi, usi tarah se hamare desh mein bhi takht hilane ki pratha hai. Aaj hum jis daur mein ji rahe hain, ye daur fasciswad ka hai. Ye daur tanasahi ka hai”.

An FIR was registered at the Sitabuldi police station against Pushpa Sathidar and two others associated with the memorial programme under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 152 (endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India), 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), 353 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 3 (5), which concerns common intention...

..According to Shirke, the speech and recitation of the poem, equated India's government with fascist regimes and also called for political upheaval. The police have launched a probe into the event, collecting digital video evidence of the event and recording statements of those who had attended the memorial programme.