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
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
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
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.
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.
May 17, 2024 12:00 pm
It involves the right to fairness, reasonableness, justness and non-arbitrariness
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
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
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.
May 15, 2024 4:30 pm
While ordering Prabir Purkayastha’s release, the Supreme Court noted that police had failed to inform him of the grounds of his arrest before taking him into custody.



