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By Archis Chowdhury Geert Wilders, a far-right politician in the Netherlands, has recently led his party - the Party for Freedom (PVV) - to a shock victory, emerging as the single largest party in the recently held Dutch elections. While Wilders, with his anti-Islamic, anti-immigration and Eurosceptic views, has long lurked in the fringes of Dutch politics, he is hardly an unknown figure in India. In 2022, following controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad by former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma on live television, Wilders came out in her support on X (formerly Twitter...
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By Kaisar Andrabi On January 12, Delhi Police granted a gun license to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was suspended by the party for her alleged derogatory comment against Prophet Mohammad. In India, owning a firearm is a legal right. The chapter II and III of Arms Act 1959 reads that all civilians can apply for possession of Non-Prohibited Bore (NPB) guns. However, it is heavily regulated by the government. In order to obtain a gun license, individuals must go through a stringent application process and meet certain eligibility criteria. BOOM explains who c...
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By BOOM Team The year 2022 began with the hope of overcoming Covid, even as several Indian states went under lockdown because of the Omicron wave. While Covid cases abated in the latter part of the year, for the first time in two years, the country saw mask mandates being lifted. The year started with Hijab protests in Karnataka in January, while tensions flared up over former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's derogatory remarks over Prophet Mohammed during a TV debate in May. The release of Bilki Bano's rapists prompted debates on remission laws in India, with Bilkis Bano saying the court had s...
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By BOOM Team Protests continued in Hyderabad over suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh's controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad and comedian Munawar Faruqui on Wednesday. A huge crowd of protesters gathered in the city last night demanding the BJP MLA's arrest, the NDTV reported. Earlier in the day, protesters also attempted to march towards Singh's neighbourhood but were reportedly stopped by the police. Also Read:Bail For T Raja Singh, Overnight Protests: What's Happening In Hyderabad? The protesters raised slogans, burnt effigies, and threw stones on Wednesday night, NDTV reported. The police ...
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By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court on Tuesday came to the relief of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and restrained police from taking any coercive action in cases pertaining to the adverse comments she made against Prophet Mohammad, during a TV debate in May. The bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardhiwala issued notice to the state governments of West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and others on her plea seeking to quash all FIRs against her filed in connection with this case, or in the alternate club the FIRs and transfer the same to Delhi. The same bench on July 1 dismissed a simil...
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By Ritika Jain A Bengaluru court observed that uninformed persons who share false claims on social media are misusing the right to free speech. Nowadays such messages spread like wildfire and the public are prone to believe them before cross-checking their genuineness, the court observed. "If the nature of the comments/posting is perused, they are highly derogatory and defamatory. Also, which is nothing but a sheer misuse of the right of freedom and speech expression," the court order read. "The uninformed persons without knowing the repercussion on their baseless comments went on passing such...
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By Kaisar Andrabi A change.org petition to impeach Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala - the two Supreme Court judges for their observations on former BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her comments on the Prophet has garnered nearly 50,000 signatures. The judges had observed that Nupur Sharma is "single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country". The SC bench observations came as Sharma had appealed to the court to club the several criminal cases and FIRs which are lodged against her in various states and be transferred to Delhi. The petition that was started on 5 July got th...
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By Archis Chowdhury An image showing a group of people sitting at a table is being shared with the claim that it shows Supreme Court judges Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala sharing a meal with NDTV founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy, along with Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat. BOOM found this claim to be false; our investigation revealed that Pardiwala and Kant were not part of the photo at all, which instead shows former editor-in-chief of The Hindu N Ram, his wife, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister P Thiagarajan and Dipali Sikand sitting with the Roys and Karat. On July 1, 2022, during the p...
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By Archis Chowdhury A photo of Congress President Sonia Gandhi standing with a judge is being shared with the claim that Gandhi is seen here standing with Justice JB Pardiwala, who was one of the Supreme Court Judges to reprimand former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks about Prophet Muhammad. The posts sharing the photo also claim that Pardiwala was a Congress MLA in the 1980s, and that he was a speaker in the 7th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. BOOM found these claims to be false; we ascertained that the judge seen in the photo is not Pardiwala, but former Chief...
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By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court on Friday said ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma must apologise to the country for the "disturbing" remarks she made against Prophet Mohammed. Her callous remarks has set the country on fire resulting in the unfortunate incident at Udaipur where a Hindu tailor was beheaded by two Muslim men after he posted a comment supporting Sharma, the top court added. "We saw the debate on TV," Supreme Court judge Surya Kant said referring to the May 26 debate on Times Now. "The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady is single-handedly responsible for wha...
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