Supreme Court orders release of NewsClick founder, calls arrest illegal |Sanjay Hegde| Faye D'Souza

Today, the Supreme Court ordered the release of Prabir Purkayastha, the editor-in-chief of news website NewsClick, and declared that his arrest under the draconian UAPA was “invalid in the eyes of law”. Purkayastha, who has been in jail for over six months now, was accused of using Chinese funding to promote “anti-national propaganda” through the digital media. Faye speaks to senior Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde about the case.

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