"दि हिन्दू " ने अपने कल (१९ अगस्त) के अंक में कँवल भारती के प्रसंग पर एक महत्व्पूर्ण सम्पादकीय में लिखा है कि

Virendra Yadav

"दि हिन्दू " ने अपने कल (१९ अगस्त) के अंक में कँवल भारती के प्रसंग पर एक महत्व्पूर्ण सम्पादकीय में लिखा है कि ."" The policemen who arrested him were acting on a criminal complaint filed by a close aide of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and local MLA Azam Khan. Thanks to a simple Facebook post, Mr. Bharti was charged under Sections 153 and 295A of the IPC — the latter, like Section 66A of the IT Act, is a cognizable offence that requires no warrant — for "wanton provocation with intent to cause riots" and insulting religious sentiments. As if these ludicrous charges were not enough, the SP has egged on Muslim clerics in the area to demand the writer be booked under the National Security Act. The Supreme Court's intervention comes not a moment too soon — but the judiciary needs to realise that Mr. Bharti's harassment was made possible thanks to the discretion governments exercise in regulating cyberspace." इस सम्पादकीय में सुप्रीम द्वारा सायबर कानून के लोगू किये जाने संबंधी राज्य के अधिकारों में संसोधन की जरूरत पर भी बल दिया गया है .

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Mixed signals emanating from the Supreme Court have done little to strengthen efforts to protect free speech online. Last week, the court rightly hauled up the Uttar Pradesh government over its arrest of scholar and writer Kanwal Bharti for his Facebook post criticising the suspension of IAS officer...