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Vinod Dua case: why it should closely be monitored?
1. The FIR was filed by some little known individual
2. Solicitor General of India and ASG appear against @VinodDua7
3. They try to establish that that Covid migration happened because Vinod Dua did his show.
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1. The FIR was filed by some little known individual
2. Solicitor General of India and ASG appear against @VinodDua7
3. They try to establish that that Covid migration happened because Vinod Dua did his show.
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4. Court agrees that the case under Disaster Management Act can only start on a complaint by the competent authority. It is not as if any private party can make the complaint.
5. The Court asks if the aggrieved public servant does not lodge a written complaint, then what?
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5. The Court asks if the aggrieved public servant does not lodge a written complaint, then what?
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6. The lawyer of the ‘little known individual’ submits that such situation won’t rise!
7. Does it mean that unauthorised person can file FIR and the complaint from authority can follow/be arranged?
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7. Does it mean that unauthorised person can file FIR and the complaint from authority can follow/be arranged?
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8. Also, can a journalist be tried for inciting or provoking his/her audience, if he/she does a story to draw the attention towards lacunae in any public administration issue? What will journalism be henceforth?
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For record, Supreme Court has reserved its orders in the case. It has given 3 days' time given for written submissions, if any, to be submitted.
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Also for record, SG and ASG have appeared for the governments. But clearly, they seem to have put their weight behind the person who has filed the FIRs.
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