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Can anyone comment on the legality of these orders. Are they codified or arbitrary
by Leary 5y ago
Can anyone comment on the legality of these orders. Are they codified or arbitrary
- vishnugupta 5y agoI could find out but let me just say it’s all moot because at this point almost every public institution is sleeping with the government. Any semblance of independent or counterbalancing institution disappeared long ago. CBI (FBI equivalent), news, courts, election commission, police etc all take direct orders from the central government and don’t operate independently. They are tools to be used whichever way the government pleases. Some of them were on the path of losing independence. The present government just accelerated the process since they were democratically elected twice in succession by stupendous majority. So what’s left now for people to raise their voice are these private social media platforms. Ironically Twitter is perhaps the most independent channel in India now.
- throwawaysea 5y agoSomeone in India can perhaps shed more light but from what I read it is legal because the misinformation in the blocked tweets can be considered to be disturbing the tranquility by inducing panic (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nrc-protests-caa-protests-india-protests-protesters-arrested-section-153-section-505-1630436-2019-12-22 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nrc-protests-caa-prote...). It seems somewhat like the “yelling fire in a crowded theater” situation, although I understand in the US that ruling was clarified later to be more nuanced.