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[TRIPURA VIOLENCE]

#SupremeCourt bench led by CJI NV Ramana to hear the petition filed by several persons to quash FIRs registered against them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for social media posts alleging communal violence in Tripura @ShyamMeeraSingh

Tripura police had booked 102 social media users, including journalists and activists, under the UAPA and accused them of criminal conspiracy and forgery. Journalist @ShyamMeeraSingh and others had moved the top court through Advocate Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1

Adv Bhushan: two advocates and one journalist are petitioners. they went to Tripura to do a fact finding report

CJI: They were arrested bail yersterday

Bhushan: it was two others in the case

CJI: Issue notice and no coercive action in meantime

Bhushan: Please tag this with the plea challenging UAPA provisions. two provisions have been challenged

CJI: That we will see.. there is also FIR quashing etc involved in this case. No tagging now

#supremecourt @ShyamMeeraSingh

[BREAKING] Tripura Violence: Supreme Court grants protection from arrest to journalist, others booked under UAPA

report by @DebayonRoy

#TripuraViolence #SupremeCourt

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