Democratic Institutions
Concluding part of the Bail order. 29th April, 2022
"to prevent registration of false FIR like the present one and to give credibility to the police version of occurrences like the arrest of accused persons and the accused persons attempting to escape from police custody in the midnight, while the accused was allegedly leading the police personnel to discover something and the police personnel firing and killing or injuring such accused, which has become a routine phenomenon in the State, the Hon'ble Gauhati High Court may perhaps consider directing the Assam Police to reform itself by taking Some measures like directing each and every police personnel engaged in law and order duty to wear Body Cameras, to install CCTV Cameras in vehicles while arresting an accused or taking an accused to some place for discovery of some afticles and for such other reasons and also to install CCTV Cameras inside all the police stations. Otherwise our State will become a Police State, which the society can ill afford. Even pinion is growing in the world for providing next generation human rights to the people in the democratic countries like, right to recall an elected representative, right to destabilise an elected government, etc. therefore, converting our hard earned democracy into a Police State is simply unthinkable and if the Assam Police is thinking about the same, the same is perverse thinking.
Jignesh Mevani - "Cowardly to use a woman against me" https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=500853821783751
Granting Mevani bail, court raps Assam Police for ‘abusing process of court and law’ https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/jignesh-mevani-bail-assault-case-gujarat-mla-7893687/
After being granted bail in a "defamatory" tweet case, Mevani on Monday was rearrested in a fresh case filed in Barpeta district under various charges including assault of a public servant and outraging a woman’s modesty.
The court directed that a copy of the order be sent to the Registrar General of the High Court for placing it before the Chief Justice “to look into this aspect and consider whether the matter can be taken up as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to curb the ongoing police excesses in the state”.
क्या गुजरात विधायक जिग्नेश मेवानी पागल व्यक्ति है? https://youtu.be/tAM1HQxR5cQ?t=131 Apr 30, 2022
असम के बारपेटा की अदालत ने गुजरात के विधायक जिग्नेश मेवाणी को महिला कांस्टेबल पर कथित हमले के मामले में जमानत दे दी है। इस दौरान कोर्ट ने जिग्नेश को इस मामले में फंसाने की कोशिश करने के लिए राज्य पुलिस को कड़ी फटकार लगाई। कोर्ट ने कहा कि अगर पुलिस की मनमानी नहीं रोकी गई, तो हमारा राज्य एक पुलिस स्टेट बन जाएगा।
Jignesh Mevani: ‘No Protocol of Arresting Elected MLA was Followed’ Damayantee Dhar22 Apr 2022 https://www.newsclick.in/jignesh-mevani-no-protocol-arresting-elected-mla-was-followed
The Assam Police brazenly entered the circuit house late at night and seized the dalit leader’s mobile, say his co-activists. His organisation RDAM still doesn’t have FIR copy.
In his tweet Mevani wrote: (as translated) PM Narendra Modi who worships Godse is set to visit Gujarat from 20th. I appeal to him to appeal for peace and brotherhood in Himmatnagar, Khambat and Veraval that recently saw communal tension. I hope this much can be expected of someone who built Mahatma Mandir
Mevani won from Vadgam constituency in 2017 state election and became the only Independent MLA in the Gujarat Assembly. An ex-journalist, lawyer and a dalit leader, Mevani rose to prominence after the Una flogging incident in 2016 when he led a protest rally from Ahmedabad to Una. As a result of the rally, Gujarat witnessed a massive dalit movement across the state forcing then Chief Minister Anandiben Patel to resign. Mevani, one of the most vociferous anti BJP voice of Gujarat was once associated with the Aam Aadmi Party and then he floated a dalit rights outfit, RDAM
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani Sent To 5-Day Police Custody In Assault Case https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-mla-jignesh-mevani-sent-to-5-day-police-custody-in-assault-case-2922026
Jignesh Mevani's counsel said he will move the bail petition at a higher court in Barpeta tomorrow.
"We are absolutely surprised. There was not a whisper about the assault on officials when he was under police custody for three days. Suddenly after he was granted bail, he was shown as rearrested," Mr Mevani's lawyer said yesterday.
Articulate, Left, self-made Cong asset: BJP may deny but can’t ignore Jignesh Mevani https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/articulate-left-self-made-cong-asset-bjp-may-deny-but-can-e2-80-99t-ignore-jignesh-mevani/ar-AAWGc79 Mevani, who has pledged support to the Congress, has been slapped with two criminal cases in Assam where the BJP is in power and is currently in police remand. The MLA, who is under police protection provided by the Gujarat government since 2017, following a 'security assessment', was picked up by the Assam Police late in the night last week from the government circuit house in Palanpur following an FIR objecting to a tweet of his that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ED - The Eternal Darkness:
(Since 2005 till 15th Mar'23 - 17 Years) https://twitter.com/sidd_sharma01/status/1709835276560785710 Post
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What changed with the 2019 amendments: - Requirement for FIR, before searches and seizures by ED, was done away with. Goes on to indicate the direction in which India and it's Political discourse is headed.
(Since 2005 till 15th Mar'23 - 17 Years)
Total Cases Filed: 5906
Total Chargesheets: 1142
Disposed Cases: 25 (0.42%)
Convictions: 24
ED Raids between 2004 - 2013: 112
Chargesheets: 114
Convicted: 0
FEMA 2004 - 2013: 8586
ED Raids between 2014 - 2022: 3010 (A Jump of 27 Times)
Chargesheets: 888
Convicted: 23
FEMA 2014 - 2022: 22,320
Cases have trippled in NDA 1 vs NDA 2 - 187% Jump
जब सुप्रीम कोर्ट में पड़ी फटकार तो बोले ED के वकील : मैं भाग नहीं रहा हूँ माई लार्ड | Supreme Court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzT430XOg7w The Legal Observer Jul 11, 2024 The Supreme Court reprimanded the ED for not making progress in the case for 4 years. The court said that the ED neither filed an ECIR nor filed a complaint under PMLA since Tuteja was granted anticipatory bail in the Chhattisgarh liquor policy case in August 2020. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said that since Tuteja was granted anticipatory bail in August 2020, the ED has neither filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) nor filed a complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The court remarked, "Neither the 2019 ECIR has been filed. Anticipatory bail was granted in August 2020. What is this happening? You (ED) have not even filed a complaint under PMLA."
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- The misuse of draconian laws for political gain
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