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ED slaps Rs 184-cr FEMA penalty on NewsClick, editor

February 17, 2026 5:33 am

The order specifies that the company that owns the portal NewsClick has been penalised for an amount of Rs 120 crore, while Purkayastha has been issued the same order for Rs 64 crore of alleged violations, the ED said.

‘Bail can’t be withheld as punishment’: High Court grants relief to NewsClick founder

July 24, 2025 5:24 am

The HC also granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick editor Pranjal Pandey, booked in the EOW case, on similar grounds as Purkayastha

NewsClick case: After 2 months, police get replies from Singham’s business partner, 1 other

July 12, 2024 2:04 am

The five people who were issued notices in April by the Special Cell were Singham, Pfetcher, Prashad and two NewsClick journalists, Anand Mangnale and Pawan Kulkarni

With Prabir Purkayastha’s case, the need for police accountability underlined

May 26, 2024 6:02 pm

Detention of a citizen is among the most serious acts undertaken by the State. Sadly, the police frequently detain persons in haste and the courts of the first instance generally give remand in a mechanical way

NewsClick case: Delhi Police summons five people, including US-based Neville Roy Singham

May 25, 2024 10:20 am

The others who have received the notice are Singham’s business partner Jason Pfetcher, think tank Tricontinental’s executive director Vijay Prashad and two NewsClick journalists, Anand Mangnale and Pawan Kulkarni.

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What happens during remand hearings? This is what a study suggests

May 19, 2024 1:21 pm

The Supreme Court this week directed the release of jailed journalist Prabir Purkayastha on the ground that due-process safeguards were not followed in his arrest and detention, and that his constitutional rights had been violated.

The SC verdict has rightly drawn a fine line between the ‘reasons of arrest,’ which are formal and common to all arrested persons, and the ‘grounds of arrest,’ which have to be peculiar to an individual arrested person.

SC verdict on Newsclick shows adherence to due process is much more than a procedural requirement

May 17, 2024 12:00 pm

It involves the right to fairness, reasonableness, justness and non-arbitrariness

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Express View on SC order releasing Prabir Purkayastha of Newsclick: A welcome message

May 16, 2024 11:34 pm

The order is heartening and it reinforces the importance of due process, regardless of the alleged gravity of offence

What was SC’s Pankaj Bansal ruling in 2023, which paved the way for release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha?

May 17, 2024 11:48 am

In 2023, the court underlined the safeguards against arrests made under the PMLA. In Purkayastha's case, the court said these safeguards also apply to the UAPA, another stringent special legislation

In NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s release, how arrest protection was extended to stringent UAPA provisions

May 17, 2024 11:45 am

Extending procedural safeguards to UAPA is crucial as the law gives the state wide powers — from relaxing timelines for the state to file chargesheets and its stringent conditions for bail — compared to the Indian Penal Code.