Women journalists

The Supreme Court has directed stay the FIR registered against the women journalists for reporting the communal violence in Tripura, as well as issued a notice while asking them to file a reply. The journalists were reporting on religious tensions in Tripura following recent attacks on mosques....

Both Samridhi and Swarna were arrested on Sunday for spreading fake news on social media that a mosque was burnt in the Gomati district of Tripura and a copy of the Quran was damaged. They were reporting on religious tensions in Tripura following recent attacks on mosques and properties owned by Muslims.

Section 124A of IPC has been used to intimidate, silence and punish journalists. Unless the provision is deleted from IPC, it will continue to 'haunt and hinder' the full realisation of the right to free speech and the freedom of press, said the plea in Supreme Court