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Alt News' Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

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Md Zubair's laptop, devices with FSL for data analysis: Delhi Police to HC

The Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that a laptop and other devices seized from Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair are deposited with the forensic science laboratory for recovering data that needs to be analysed regarding an alleged objectionable tweet posted by him in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The police made the submissions in an affidavit filed in the high court in response to a plea by Zubair against his arrest and search and seizure exercise in a case related to the alleged objectionable tweet. Zubair has challenged the legality and propriety of a trial court's June 28 order granting the custody of fact-checking website's founder to the police for four days. As an interim relief, Zubair's counsel has sought that till the petition is decided by the high court, the police shall not venture into Zubair's laptop as the tweet was made through a mobile phone and not the computer. The plea was filed before the Supreme Court granted interim bail to him on July 20. Justi

SC grants liberty to Mohd Zubair to move HC for quashing of Sitapur FIR

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted liberty to Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair to approach the Delhi High Court for quashing of the FIR lodged against him at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. It said Zubair's petition will be decided on its own merit, uninfluenced by the order of the Allahabad High Court, which had denied him the relief. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli noted that all the cases lodged against Zubair in Uttar Pradesh, including that in Sitapur, have been transferred as per top court's order dated July 20 to the Special Cell of Delhi police for investigation. The bench said, "in terms of liberty which was granted in order dated July 20, 2022, the petitioner would be able to pursue his rights and remedies available under law before the Delhi High Court. In such an event, the petition under section 482 of CrPC (FIR quashing) shall be considered on its own merit without the order of Allahabad High Court coming in the way". The top court noted the ...

Criminal justice machinery relentlessly employed against Zubair, says SC

Arrest is not meant to be and must not be used as a "punitive tool" but the criminal justice machinery was "relentlessly employed" against Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair, the Supreme Court said

Alt News' Mohammad Zubair released from Tihar after SC grants bail

The court said it finds 'no reason or justification for the deprivation of his liberty to persist any further'

SC grants bail to Alt News' Mohd Zubair in all UP FIRs, disbands SIT

SC directs Mohd Zubair to be enlarged on bail in all UP FIRs after depositing bail bond of Rs 20,000 before CMM at Patiala House court

SC set to hear pleas related to Maharashtra, Alt-news' Zubair and BCCI

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear pleas pertaining to the recent political crisis in Maharashtra, the petition by Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair relating to FIRs lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh

SC asks UP Police to not take action against Zubair till July 20

The fresh plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe these cases.

Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair seeks urgent hearing in SC on his plea

Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on Monday sought an urgent listing of his plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh

UP court denies bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in 2021 case

A hearing on Zubair's police remand is scheduled to be held on July 20, Yadav said.

Lakhimpur Kheri court to hear Zubair's bail plea in fact-check case today

The bail plea hearing of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is scheduled to be held in the sessions court of Uttar Pradesh's Mohammadi today, a day after Delhi's Patiala House Court granted him bail

Voice of dissent necessary for healthy democracy: Court on bail to Zubair

Zubair, however, will remain in jail as he has been remanded to judicial custody in some of the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

Alt News co-founder Zubair gets bail in 2018 objectionable tweet case

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an "objectionable" tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity

Alt News' Mohd Zubair moves SC seeking quashing of six FIRs lodged in UP

Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of six FIRs lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh. In his fresh plea, Zubair has also sought interim bail in all six cases. The plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the UP government to probe the six cases.

Alt News' Zubair remanded to 14-day judicial custody in Hathras case

Zubair was brought to the Hathras court from Delhi's Tihar jail with a Delhi Police escort, and remanded to judicial custody till July 27

Delhi court reserves order on bail plea of Alt News' Mohammad Zubair

A magisterial court had on July 2 dismissed his bail plea and sent him to 14-day judicial custody (JC) in the case

UP police forms SIT to investigate cases against Alt News founder

Separate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar and Hathras districts

Mohd Zubair's interim bail extended by SC in UP case; next hearing on Sep 7

The bench asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response in four weeks and listed the plea for a final hearing on September 7.

Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair's interim bail extended by SC in UP case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till further orders the interim bail of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case lodged against him in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh

Delhi court to hear Alt News co-founder Zubair's bail plea on July 14

A Delhi court on Tuesday posted for July 14 hearing on a bail plea filed by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity