Why Hasty Registration Of Belated FIR, Immediate Arrest Of Journalist Without Preliminary Inquiry: Calcutta HC Demands From State DGP [Read Order]

"Strict scrutiny of statutory safeguards relating to powers of arrest and investigation are all the more necessary when it is alleged that State power has been unleashed to silence the voice of dissent", observed the Calcutta High Court on Friday.Justice Joymalya Bagchi was considering a plea for quashing of FIR against Safiqul Islam, a journalist and owner of web channel Arambagh TV and...