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Court allows NewsClick HR head Amit Chakravarty to turn approver in UAPA case

NewsClick case: A Delhi court has allowed NewsClick HR head Amit Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under anti-terror law UAPA.

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NewsClick HR head moves court to turn approver

NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty has reportedly moved court seeking to turn approver in the case accusing the news portal of receiving foreign funds to spread anti-India propaganda.

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Newsclick case | Portal's HR head Chakravarty moves Delhi court seeking to turn approver

NewsClick’s human resources department head Amit Chakravarty has moved a Delhi court seeking its permission to turn an approver in the case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda, court sources said.

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Journalist bodies criticise freezing of NewsClick accounts by I-T Department

Journalist bodies criticised the freezing of the bank accounts of news portal NewsClick by the Income-Tax Department

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‘Salaries held up, staff shocked ahead of festive season’: NewsClick says accounts frozen

NewsClick has termed the freezing of its bank accounts as an “administrative-legal siege” and said this has “left all our employees shocked” at the year-end festive season.

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Police ask court to protect identities of 5 ‘potential witnesses’ against NewsClick: Indian Express

The Delhi police has moved court to protect the identities of five “potential witnesses” against news outlet NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case, Indian Express reported. Their statements were recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure earlier this month.

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Delhi police asks US govt for details of five firms linked to Neville Roy Singham: Indian Express

A week after the Enforcement Directorate summoned US businessman Neville Roy Singham in the NewsClick case, the Delhi police has sought “financial” details of five companies linked to him in a letter to the US authorities.

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NewsClick case | ED issues fresh summons to American millionaire Neville Roy Singham

U.S. millionaire Neville Roy Singham who is accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India, is stated to be currently based in Shanghai, China.

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NewsClick founder tells SC he is not supplied with the grounds of his arrest

SC hears plea of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, booked under UAPA, for grounds of arrest. Justice Gavai agrees to hear plea after Diwali vacations; Sibal seeks interim bail on medical grounds. Journalists’ collectives write to CJI to check “inherent malice” behind raids at NewsClick.

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NewsClick row | SC defers hearing on pleas of portal founder, HR head against arrest under UAPA

NewsClick row: SC defers hearing on pleas of NewsClick founder, HR head against arrest under UAPA. SC to take up matter after Diwali vacation.

The Hindu

Delhi court sends NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head Amit Chakravarty to jail till December 1

Court sends NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha & HR head Amit Chakravarty to judicial custody till December 1 in UAPA case. Police sought fresh custodial interrogation & conducted raids at 88 locations in Delhi & 7 other states. 300 electronic gadgets seized, 46 individuals questioned.

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NewsClick HR head seeks bail in Delhi court, founder applies for return of seized electronic devices

Amit Chakraborty, head of NewsClick's HR dept., moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a case lodged under UAPA. Prabir Purkayastha, founder of NewsClick, also moved the court for release of seized electronic devices. Judge Hardeep Kaur granted time to Delhi Police to file reply on bail applications till Nov.…

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Court remands NewsClick founder, HR head to nine days of police custody

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its human resources (HR) head Anil Chakraborty were on Wednesday sent to nine days of police custody

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NewsClick founder, HR head sent to 9-day police custody

A Delhi court has sent NewsClick’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty to nine days in police custody in the UAPA case, Bar and Bench reported. They will be produced before the court again on November 2.

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India's press freedom under scrutiny after police raids on journalists

The editor of an Indian news website stands accused of taking shady funds to promote pro-China propaganda in a case that has seen police interrogate dozens of journalists. But observers warn that the allegations are merely an excuse to intimidate the media.

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Court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder, HR head till October 25

NewsClick duo Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty, booked under UAPA, to remain in judicial custody till October 25. They have moved SC against dismissal of their petitions challenging police remand

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SC notice to Delhi cops over NewsClick founder’s plea

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Delhi Police over the special leave petitions by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty against their arrest in a UAPA case, LiveLaw reported. The court will next hear the matter on October 30.

The Hindu

Supreme Court issues notice to police on arrest of NewsClick founder under UAPA

The case had reached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and employee Amir Chakraborty under the anti-terror law.

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Supreme Court adjourns NewsClick case to October 19; indicates it may issue notice to the police

The case had reached the top court after the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of Mr. Purkayastha and Mr. Chakraborty

The Hindu

Centre now resorting to post-publication repression to terrorise journalists: Siddharth Varadarajan

The Union government is now resorting to post-publication repression as an effective method of terrorising journalists, compared to the emergency era methods of pre-censorship, Siddharth Varadarajan, senior journalist and founding editor of The Wire, has said.

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CJI agrees to look into NewsClick founder’s plea for early listing of his petition against arrest, remand

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to list early a special leave petition challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing petitions filed by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its human resources head Amir Chakraborty against their arrest by the Delhi Police under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).In an…

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NewsClick editor, HR head move SC against Delhi HC order

NewsClick’s editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty have moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order which upheld their arrest on Friday last week, LiveLaw reported.

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Delhi HC dismisses NewsClick founder’s plea challenging police remand

The Delhi High Court has upheld the trial court order which approved police remand for NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty, LiveLaw reported.

The Hindu

HC rejects NewsClick founder’s plea against arrest under anti-terror law

HC rejects pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha & HR head Amit Chakravarty challenging arrest & police custody in UAPA case. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said, "Court does not find merit in both petitions". Arrests made on Oct 3 after case registered on Aug 17 under UAPA & IPC.

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Celebrated novelist Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India – for a speech she gave in 2010

Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, has been charged, along with retired law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain, for allegedly seditious comments supporting the separation of Kashmir from India.

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