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‘Not a whisper of incriminating evidence’: What Delhi HC said while quashing case against NewsClick

Quashing the FIR against NewsClick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, the Delhi High Court held that the investigations conducted by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) amounted to a “fishing and roving exercise in the financial affairs of the petitioners without the existence of any offence.”

Newslaundry · Jun 12

‘Attack on free press, fishing exercise’: HC quashes PMLA case against NewsClick

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Enforcement Directorate’s actions against independent digital news outlet NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha – stemming from a foreign direct investment case – constituted an abuse of power targeting free and impartial journalism. The court has quashed the money laundering case against…

Newslaundry · Jun 10

ED fines NewsClick Rs 120 crore, Purkayastha Rs 64 crore under FEMA

The Enforcement Directorate has issued a notice under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, fining the company that operates NewsClick Rs 120 crore and the portal’s founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha Rs 64 crore.

Newslaundry · Feb 17

‘Sweeping powers to govt’ under new laws concern Indian journos: Reuters Digital News Report

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2024

NewsClick case: After EU, RSF and Guernica 37 now urge US for sanctions against Delhi police officers

Nearly two months after requesting the European Union to sanction four high-ranking officers of the Delhi police for “exactions” in the NewsClick case, advocacy groups Reporters Without Borders and Guernica 37 Chambers have called on the US government to do the same.

Newslaundry · Jun 3, 2024

At Delhi event, NewsClick founder on ‘transformation after arrest’, meetings in jail

At about 5 pm today, while the temperature in Delhi touched 37 degrees Celsius, the open space on the ground floor of Delhi’s Press Club of India thronged with people. They’d all turned up to attend “Freedom of Expression in Today’s India” in solidarity with NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha.

Newslaundry · May 30, 2024

Case ‘seems fictional’, ‘perils of alternate justice system’: Editorials laud Prabir Purkayastha’s release

NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday night, hours after the Supreme Court said his arrest was illegal and ordered his immediate release.

Newslaundry · May 17, 2024

Malign motive: On the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder

It is salutary that the Supreme Court has treated the level of adherence to procedure — the need to furnish the grounds of arrest in this case — as sacrosanct

The Hindu · May 16, 2024

Police must furnish grounds of arrest in writing & not just convey them orally, rules Supreme Court in Prabir Purkayastha case

Police must furnish grounds of arrest in writing & not just convey them orally, rules Supreme Court in Prabir Purkayastha case

The Hindu · May 16, 2024

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar after getting bail

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar Jail after Supreme Court declares his arrest invalid under UAPA.

The Hindu · May 15, 2024