Zubair bail

The only saving grace to be found in his current situation, is that his continued incarceration can no longer be attributed to the Delhi courts, after a sessions judge of the Patiala House court It was the Delhi Police who had managed to first arrest the fact-checker, using this FIR which had just been filed four years after the tweet had been published. He had obtained protection from coercive action in another case registered in Delhi against him, and there were a few cases against him in Uttar Pradesh as well, but it was no surprise that he had not been arrested in any of them, as the cases were so obviously baseless that even the police would never have thought a court would allow him to be remanded to custody. At least, that's what you would imagine the courts would do with a baseless case. Unfortunately, the magistrate's court in Delhi not only remanded Zubair to police custody, it then denied him bail and sent him to 14-days' judicial custody. At this point, with courts in Uttar Pradesh also sending him to custody in the cases against him there, it looked like his goose was cooked. The Supreme Court granted him interim bail in one of those UP cases, but the order denying him bail in Delhi and the other UP cases meant that he could not be set free. This remains the case despite the order of the Delhi sessions court granting him bail, thanks to the UP cases. But in the order of the sessions court, we see how the law is supposed to be used to protect individual liberty...

After 23 days of imprisonment, Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair The Quint, Zubair's lawyer Vrinda Grover, who represented him in the case, said that the court's verdict was a message to the lower courts as well as the police. "The verdict is telling the subordinate judiciary that they are the first line of defense of civil liberties. So, when someone is placed in front of you, simply because the police asks for remand...you must scrutinise, if a prima facie case is made out; and if is not, give bail," Grover said. She added that this wasn't followed in Zubair's case. Grover said that the SC had made similar observations about bail being the norm and jail being the exception in previous cases as well. "Clearly, it is time for the SC to not only say this in judgments but also set down clear guidelines. Otherwise, judgments that have repeatedly said that bail should be the norm and jail should be the exception can't be enforced. Very clear guidelines have to be laid down for the district judiciary to grant bail where it is deserved and to ensure that personal liberty must remain sacred," she said. "Zubair suffered incarceration for 23 days. Why should he have suffered? That is the question that we must ask. Why even one day of custody?" Grover asked. Grover also contested allegations of Zubair's tweets being inciteful or provocative. "Zubair has not crossed the line where you fall foul of the law and incite hatred or ill-will," she said. "However, there is...

Education Occupation Journalist Organization Title Co-founder of Mohammed Zubair is an Indian Zubair was arrested and incarcerated by the He and Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha were nominated for the 2022 Early life [ ] Zubair was born in 1983 in Journalism career [ ] In 2017, Zubair and fellow former software engineer Pratik Sinha founded In 2020, Pratik Sinha alleged that Zubair is being targeted for his work after number of On 10 June 2021, Zubair received a notice from Twitter alerting him that Twitter had been approached by Indian law officials regarding a tweet Zubair had tweeted in March 2021, which Indian authorities claimed breached Indian laws. Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha were nominated for the 2022 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy [ ] A day later, the video clip of her comments was shared by Zubair on social media. Legal issues [ ] Hindutva extremist tweet case [ ] On 27 May 2022, Zubair published a series of tweets slamming prime-time debates on Indian television channels during the ongoing controversy regarding the The extremist Hindutva leaders—Mahant Bajrang Muni 'Udasin,' An FIR was filed in In mid June, Zubair posted e-mails from the Twitter service informing him that one of his tweets criticising the comments by Yati Narsinghanand Giri the leader of a Hindu group were being 'withheld' in India under the country's IT laws at the request of law enforcement authorities. 'Withholding' a tweet meant that it would no longer be visible in India. Twitter s...

The court also said that the bail bonds in compliance with their directions would be presented before the chief metropolitan magistrate. Immediately upon the presentation of the bail bonds, the Tihar Jail superintendent was to ensure that Zubair was released by 6 pm on Wednesday. Responding to the UP government's request to prevent Zubair from tweeting further, Justice DY Chandrachud said: "How can we stop a journalist from tweeting?" Pointing out that if there is any tweet against the law, Zubair will be answerable, Justice Chandrachud noted: The court also pointed out that the evidence is all in the public domain, when the AAG sought for the condition that he will not tamper with the evidence to be placed on him. The apex court further said: "While, we have proceeded to not quash the FIRs, we expressly clarify that we have granted liberty to petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court." Earlier on 18 July, a bench led by Justice Chandrachud had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to refrain from taking “ Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Zubair, had sought clubbing of the Delhi FIR with other cases against him, and interim bail in all UP cases. The petition also sought quashing of the six impugned FIRs filed against Zubair by UP police. Article 32 allows a petitioner to move the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental rights. Pointing out that after the Supreme Court, on 9 July, granted protection to Zubair in a “The dormant FIRs are activated the moment I sec...

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release on bail of a prominent journalist While granting Zubair, 39, bail on Wednesday, the judges stated that “power of arrests must be pursued sparingly”. The court also stated that while investigations can continue, there was no justification for keeping Zubair in custody. Zubair’s lawyer had earlier said the case bordered on the absurd, because Zubair, a Muslim, had used satire from a Hindi movie in his 2018 tweet and there was no evidence that he had hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus. Zubair and his colleagues accused the federal government of using the police to silence the voice of journalists and other critics. “It’s a huge slap on the face of the Uttar Pradesh police which became an instrument for the political persecution of Mohammed Zubair with one bogus FIR [first information report] after the other, designed only to keep him in jail for as long as it was going to be possible,” Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire news website, told Al Jazeera. “The Supreme Court has done the right thing but it should also force the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, particularly chief minister [Yogi] Adityanath to introspect about the kind of reputation that law enforcement now has in the state.” Earlier this year, Zubair, who has more than half a million Twitter followers, had drawn attention to an Bail in one case, custody in another, escorted to Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Hathras, Delhi, Bangalore, formation of SIT, vilification by medi...

The Supreme Court on Friday, 8 July, granted five-day interim bail to Alt News co-founder "Zubair will be granted interim bail in relation with the FIR dated 1 June 2022," the top court said but also specified that this order pertains to the ‘hatemongers’ case FIR, and not any other FIR against the petitioner. The court also further ordered that the bail is subject to the following conditions: The journalist is in judicial custody in connection with an FIR registered by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet made in 2018, in which he had shared an image from a Hindi film that showed the signboard of a hotel visibly changed from 'Honeymoon Hotel' to 'Hanuman Hotel.' The image was accompanied by the text: “BEFORE 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”. "...the petitioner shall be granted interim bail in connection with FIR No. 0226 dated 01.06.2022 lodged at P.S. Khairabad, District Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh for a period of five days from today or until further orders of the Regular Bench on terms and conditions to be imposed by the Judicial Magistrate-I, Sitapur, which shall include the conditions that the petitioner shall not post any tweets and shall not tamper with any evidence, electronic or otherwise in Bengaluru or anywhere else. (sic)" Further, the court noted the Solicitor General's submission that "the petitioner is in judicial custody in Delhi in connection with a different offence," and added: "T...

New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday evening walked out of Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted him interim bail in all the FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Soutik Banerjee, his lawyer, said, "Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is released from Tihar and is now out of jail." Mohammed Zubair was arrested on June 27 by Delhi Police. UP court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody Explained: The two cases against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and the reason for his arrest A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna said there is no justification to keep Zubair in continued detention, especially since the allegations in the FIRs registered in Uttar Pradesh are similar to those in the Delhi Police FIR. "Existence of powers of arrest must be distinguished from the exercise of powers of arrest which must be used sparingly," Justice Chandrachud said. It also clubbed all the six FIRs registered by the UP Police and transferred all the FIRs registered across the country as well as in UP to Delhi. The apex court also disbanded the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the UP Police to probe the cases against Zubair. The apex court ordered that the transfer of the FIRs shall apply to all existing FIRs and to all future FIRs that may be registered on the issue. The top court, while granting interim bail to Zubair, noted that he had already been granted bail by the Patiala Hou...

The Supreme Court on Friday, 8 July, granted five-day interim bail to Alt News co-founder "Zubair will be granted interim bail in relation with the FIR dated 1 June 2022," the top court said but also specified that this order pertains to the ‘hatemongers’ case FIR, and not any other FIR against the petitioner. The court also further ordered that the bail is subject to the following conditions: The journalist is in judicial custody in connection with an FIR registered by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet made in 2018, in which he had shared an image from a Hindi film that showed the signboard of a hotel visibly changed from 'Honeymoon Hotel' to 'Hanuman Hotel.' The image was accompanied by the text: “BEFORE 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”. "...the petitioner shall be granted interim bail in connection with FIR No. 0226 dated 01.06.2022 lodged at P.S. Khairabad, District Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh for a period of five days from today or until further orders of the Regular Bench on terms and conditions to be imposed by the Judicial Magistrate-I, Sitapur, which shall include the conditions that the petitioner shall not post any tweets and shall not tamper with any evidence, electronic or otherwise in Bengaluru or anywhere else. (sic)" Further, the court noted the Solicitor General's submission that "the petitioner is in judicial custody in Delhi in connection with a different offence," and added: "T...

The court also said that the bail bonds in compliance with their directions would be presented before the chief metropolitan magistrate. Immediately upon the presentation of the bail bonds, the Tihar Jail superintendent was to ensure that Zubair was released by 6 pm on Wednesday. Responding to the UP government's request to prevent Zubair from tweeting further, Justice DY Chandrachud said: "How can we stop a journalist from tweeting?" Pointing out that if there is any tweet against the law, Zubair will be answerable, Justice Chandrachud noted: The court also pointed out that the evidence is all in the public domain, when the AAG sought for the condition that he will not tamper with the evidence to be placed on him. The apex court further said: "While, we have proceeded to not quash the FIRs, we expressly clarify that we have granted liberty to petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court." Earlier on 18 July, a bench led by Justice Chandrachud had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to refrain from taking “ Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Zubair, had sought clubbing of the Delhi FIR with other cases against him, and interim bail in all UP cases. The petition also sought quashing of the six impugned FIRs filed against Zubair by UP police. Article 32 allows a petitioner to move the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental rights. Pointing out that after the Supreme Court, on 9 July, granted protection to Zubair in a “The dormant FIRs are activated the moment I sec...

New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday evening walked out of Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted him interim bail in all the FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Soutik Banerjee, his lawyer, said, "Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is released from Tihar and is now out of jail." Mohammed Zubair was arrested on June 27 by Delhi Police. UP court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody Explained: The two cases against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and the reason for his arrest A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna said there is no justification to keep Zubair in continued detention, especially since the allegations in the FIRs registered in Uttar Pradesh are similar to those in the Delhi Police FIR. "Existence of powers of arrest must be distinguished from the exercise of powers of arrest which must be used sparingly," Justice Chandrachud said. It also clubbed all the six FIRs registered by the UP Police and transferred all the FIRs registered across the country as well as in UP to Delhi. The apex court also disbanded the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the UP Police to probe the cases against Zubair. The apex court ordered that the transfer of the FIRs shall apply to all existing FIRs and to all future FIRs that may be registered on the issue. The top court, while granting interim bail to Zubair, noted that he had already been granted bail by the Patiala Hou...