Re: [IAC#RG] [hc] Re: Fwd: Arvind Kejriwal in jail!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Re: [IAC#RG] [hc] Re: Fwd: Arvind Kejriwal in jail!

I think there is some misunderstanding; he was not jailed simply for calling a prosperous politician corrupt. The defamation case filed by Gadkari is yet to be heard and decided. He was jailed for not attending the court in spite of agreeing to be present.

V.S.Sardesai

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Subject: [hc] Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: Arvind Kejriwal in jail!

I agree with Nalapat ji. This is not about Arvind Kejriwal, this is about Indian democracy. There is no reason to jail him for what he said. In defamation against public persons, they can always call a press conference and refute it publicly. That is the US law and I understand the same with Indian law.

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com> wrote:

It is unfortunate that the (colonial-era) laws are such that an
individual can get sent to jail simply for calling a prosperous
politician corrupt. Whatever one's views on Arvind Kejriwal,his
incarceration will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression.The
Indian media,as is its won't,has chased the "lizard's tail" of Arvind
refusing to post a bail bond,while missing out on the "lizard" viz a
magistrate jailing an individual for what in more robust democracies
passes off as fair comment about political leaders

Madhav

On 5/22/14, Shaila S <shaila62@gmail.com> wrote:
> arvind kejriwal is a fraud

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