Road Rage Case

‘Overkill’: Supreme Court Protects Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, Quashes UP Police Notice To X For Digital Data

‘Overkill’: Supreme Court Protects Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, Quashes UP Police Notice To X For Digital Data

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court on Wednesday made its interim protection against coercive action absolute for journalist Abhishek Upadhyay in a road-rage case registered by the Ghaziabad Police. The court also quashed a notice issued to social media platform X seeking his personal and digital information, questioning the breadth of the data request in relation to the alleged incident. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order on October 14. It also allowed Upadhyay to challenge the FIR before the Allahabad High Court and seek guidelines governing police collection of…
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