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Allahabad HC’s Justice Santosh Rai Bench Rules: Forwarding ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ Post No Threat to Sovereignty

The Allahabad High Court has presented a critical meaning of the national security laws in a meaningful decision that has far-reaching consequences in free speech on the internet age. The presiding bench led by Justice Santosh Rai found that the forwarding of a post that simply contains the social media slogan, which translates to Pakistan Zindabad, was not a threat to the sovereignty or integrity of India.

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Drishti IAS Appeals CCPA Fine Over Inflated 216+ Selections Boast

The fundamental issue in the case concerning the CCPA against Drishti IAS is the definition of the word selections. The advertisement of the coaching center was done in a way that emphasized on the number 216+, which left a strong impression in the minds of the aspiring civil servants that more than two hundred of their students had passed the ruthlessly competitive UPSC examination. The CCPA argues that such a number is a terrible distortion of the reality.