“Fortifying freedom” and “why we need a bail law” – this was the crux of two editorials in leading newspapers on the Supreme Court granting Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair interim bail in all the cases filed against him. After 23 days, Zubair walked out of jail last night.
The first editorial in Indian Express said the apex court’s intervention was “welcome and hopeful” at a time when “FIRs are being filed at the drop of a ‘hurt’ hat”. “The court has drawn some red lines that should henceforth force authorities to think before acting against individuals on the flimsiest of reasons..."
