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Lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim explains how Sharjeel Imam, even while imprisoned under UAPA, has helped secure bail for nearly 10 fellow inmates. Among them is the case of Sonu Mahipal, who spent eight years in jail under POCSO charges without proper legal aid. Convicted after a flawed trial in which...

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Our eminent TV anchor, Manak Gupta ji, enthusiastically keeps talking about the “chicken neck speech” whenever asking any question about Sharjeel Imam. In his world view, which is shaped up by the Whatsapp University, Sharjeel has been denied bail for this speech made on 16 Jan 2020. Either Manak wants to mislead his audience or he himself has no knowledge of the case. If the latter is true, I will politely ask him to ask his TV Channel’s research team to do their job properly. That statement in the speech led to 5 separate FIRs where he has already been granted bail by the courts. And even while granting bail Allahabad Court clearly stated "It may be noted that on an undisputed basis neither the applicant called any one to bear arms nor any violence was incited as a result of the speech delivered by the applicant." There is no evidence and material against Sharjeel bhai linking him to the unfortunate riots between 22-24 Feb (more than a month after the speech), therefore the speech is being taken as a means to prejudice the public perception. Even the Honourable Supreme Court has noted in its recent order on bail application of Sharjeel Imam, “It is submitted that the appellant’s role is traceable to the first phase of the conspiracy, which involved deliberate mobilisation, radicalisation and preparation of ground conditions through organised chakka jams, blockage of arterial roads, and disruption of essential services.” Nowhere, the court has said that the roadblock was to divide India or take away Assam as Manak, and other media, wants his audience to believe. Manak in the interview of Asaduddin Owaisi has asked, “why should non-Muslims support AIMIM when Owaisi speaks against the SC order on Sharjeel Imam?” Asaduddin Owaisi sahab, a distinguished parliamentarian, disappointed me that he didn't correct Manak by pointing out that this statement had constructed all the Muslims as anti-national and Hindus as nationalists on a promise that Sharjeel was an anti-Indian person and no Hindu would vote his supporters while Muslims could en-bloc vote for him. Moreover, Owaisi sahab, a barrister by education, seems clueless that he could never say in any public interview that Sharjeel is not being tried for “Chicken Neck Speech” but the Delhi Riots conspiracy case. It is also sad that a parliamentarian of some standing, Owaisi sahab doesn't mention the name of Sharjeel Imam or Umar Khalid and keeps saying “those two people”. Instead of addressing the question of Manak he starts praising himself and blaming Chidambaram. We hope better from a man, who took a principled stand when his brother Akbaruddin was tried by the court under much less stringent acts. The truth is that Sharjeel Imam remains in custody solely due to his role in organising the peaceful Shaheen Bagh protests against CAA. Shaheen Bagh was a historic non-violent resistance, and criminalising it even after 6 years without a trial is the real injustice.

Muzzammil Imam | مزمل إمام

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#WATCH | Jaipur, Rajasthan: On Umar Khalid, former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud says, "They've been inside for five years. I'm not criticising my court...you can impose conditions to ensure that the conditions for bail are not abused, but you must necessarily take into consideration that they have the right to an expeditious trial. And if an expeditious trial is not possible under present conditions, then bail should be the rule and not the exception." "... During my period of 24 months, we disposed of about 21,000 bail applications. There are cases which people don't think about when they criticise the Supreme Court for not granting bail in a particular case. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was about to be arrested. He was boarding a flight, I believe, at Guwahati, and he was about to be arrested. The paramilitary forces had surrounded his aircraft. His lawyer came and mentioned before us, soon after we assembled after lunch, that he's about to be arrested for having said something. The lawyer said that this is unforgivable. It's uncivil. It's not a case for arrest. And we protected him against arrest. That was a leader of the opposition who had said something which was uncivil. But everything uncivil is not something which is an offence under our law. And we protected them against this." "Example number two- Teesta Setalvad was denied bail by the Gujarat High Court. But they gave her time until 12 midnight on a particular day to surrender... The matter came up to me as Chief Justice of India when I was attending a music recital... I said, this is a case where she's entitled to be heard whether she gets bail or not is for that court to decide. We constituted a bench at 9 o'clock at night and she was granted bail..."

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YOU BE THE JUDGE! A Judge of the High Court of Kaduna State has repeatedly and vehemently refused to grant bail to Malam Nasir Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai CON. The judge presiding over one of the cases filed by the ICPC against Mallam El-Rufai has so far rejected every bail application made even though the charges against Mallam El-Rufai before the court are bailable. In denial bail, he has verbatim sided with the ICPC's position - essentially agreeing that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is a flight risk - which is absolutely preposterous - especially in view of the fact that Mallam El-Rufai voluntarily returned to the country to honor the invitation by the anti-graft agencies. It gets more curious when one considers the fact that Mallam El-Rufai has at least two other cases - one at the Federal High Court Kaduna brought by the same ICPC and another one by the DSS at Federal High Court Abuja. In both of the above cases (including the one by the ICPC of a similar nature in FHC Kaduna), Mallam El-Rufai had been granted bail. Never mind the impossible bail conditions. That's a totally different conversation. It is more than curious that the presiding Judges in both cases (including the one by the ICPC of a similar nature in FHC Kaduna) did not consider Mallam El-Rufai a flight risk. It is the Judge in the state high court Kaduna that adjuges that Mallam El-Rufai is a flight risk and who has repeatedly denied him bail, again for clearly bailable offences. You be the judge, here. Meanwhile, aside from refusing bail, the bail rulings by the Judge in question have been characterised by the use of words that essentially amount to convicting Mallam before the trial even commences. It is for this reason that Mallam’s lawyers filed an application for the judge to recuse himself from trying the case - and rightly so - because there is zero confidence of Mallam getting a fair trial under him. We continue to demand that proper due process should be followed. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, including Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Bail, where applicable - as it clearly is in the case of Mallam El-Rufai - is a right. Denying him bail on untenable grounds amounts to imprisonment without conviction, abuse of his fundamental rights and injustice.

uche diala

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NEW: The Proctorgate files continue to expand to SnapChat, and Michael Proctor's lawyer accused Karen Read's legal team of engaging in "defamation" by revealing Proctor and Sean Goode's horrifying text messages in a court filing last week, during a hearing before Judge Doolin Thursday on the Myles King docket in Norfolk Superior Court. Proctor's lawyer, during the hearing, argued that Proctor's Snapchat and text messages should not be made public. That resulted in this reporter saying, in real time; Wait, Michael Proctor had a Snapchat!?!?! Proctor's lawyer then referenced Karen's case filed last week in Bristol county (Proctorgate). Proctor's lawyer says he realizes the cat is out of the bad but implores Judge that we are talking about "Michael Proctor's privacy, who has spent years helping victims. He has never been indicted. He has never been arrested. He has never had his bail revoked. I would suggest Proctor has a legitimate privacy interest in these Snapchat messages." Proctor's lawyer wants the Norfolk D.A. to orally tell the defendants about Proctor's Snapchat messages. Proctor's lawyer then told Judge Doolin that Karen's lawsuit involving the Proctorgate files was intended to defame and embarrass Michael Proctor and, in turn, Proctor's lawyer asks Judge Doolin to keep Proctor's Snapchat messages public. Those were Proctor's own words (I said out loud). Rosemary Scapichhhio, the lawyer for Myles King, then said that Proctor has no standing in this case. Proctor is just an agent of the Commonwealth, says Scapichhhio, and it makes no sense to keep this material sealed when the Proctorgate messages are already starting to come out into the public. "I can't, for the life of me, understand how Proctor even has standing to come before the court," Scapichhhio said. Judge Doolin then said he will have a ruling "for ya' shortly." King, for his part, in currently in federal prison after he was charged by the DOJ last month for drug trafficking (a move that many suspect was designed to remove Proctor from King's cases). Read more about Proctorgate here -

Grant Smith Ellis

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Most corrupt batch of MLA in Karnataka was from 2008 to 2014 How many of you agree to this ? 5 of those who were named in video B.S. Yediyurappa Long-time MLA and multiple-term Chief Minister of Karnataka (BJP). Arrested and sent to jail in October 2011 in connection with land denotification/corruption cases (accused of illegal benefits to family). He spent around 23–25 days in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, Bengaluru, before getting bail. Some cases were later addressed by courts. S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty BJP MLA from Malur constituency (elected in 2004 and 2008); served as a minister (including Muzrai/Housing). In February 2025, a special court convicted him and others in a State Bank of Mysore (SBM) housing loan scam/fraud case involving fake loans and irregularities. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment (with fine). The sentence was suspended for a month to allow appeal, and he was granted bail during proceedings. Katta Subramanya Naidu BJP MLA from Shivajinagar (earlier terms) and Hebbal (2008); served as Industries/IT Minister. In August 2011, he and his son were sent to jail after a Lokayukta/special court refused bail in a major land allotment/kickback graft case (accused of irregularities involving large sums for land near Bengaluru). G. Janardhana Reddy (Gali Janardhana Reddy) Prominent mining businessman and politician; served as a minister earlier. Won as MLA from Gangavati (Koppal district) in 2023 (initially on his party ticket, later aligned with BJP). In May 2025, a CBI special court convicted him and others in an illegal iron ore mining case (Obulapuram Mining Company). He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, immediately taken into custody, and subsequently disqualified as MLA under anti-defection/conviction rules. Harathalu Halappa BJP MLA from Sagar constituency (Shimoga district); served as Food & Civil Supplies Minister. Arrested in May 2010 on charges of sexual assault/rape (allegation by a friend's wife). He faced custody in the case but was later acquitted and given a clean chit by the court in 2017.

Sandeep Parswanath

25,854 views • 3 months ago

𝗔𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵 𝗚. 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵, 𝗚𝘂𝗹𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵, 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱. In March 2025, they were arrested under 3 MPO. After three months, the government issued more than 40 FIRs against them, including various types of cases. We have faced these cases not only in courts but also in multiple districts, including Noshki, Dalbandin, Makuran, Naseerabad, Mastung, Kalat, and Khuzdar. These courts not only granted bail but also upheld the rule of law. In Quetta, we applied for bail in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) before Judge Muhammad Ali Mubeen. He granted bail in many cases; however, in some cases, he later suspended the bail. Despite this setback, we did not lose hope and approached the Balochistan High Court seeking justice in those bailable cases where the ATC had suspended bail. For the past two months, Chief Justice Kamran Mullah Khel has reserved his judgment, but no decision has yet been announced. This situation clearly reflects that the justice system of Pakistan is under pressure from state institutions, commonly referred to as the Establishment. Meanwhile, in Hudda Jail, Dr. Mahrang Baloch and her colleagues have been facing jail trial proceedings for the past six months. During this period, the proceedings have not been conducted fairly or smoothly. Judge Muhammad Ali Mubeen who previously suspended bail in some cases has raised serious concerns about impartial justice. Our legal team, along with Dr. Mahrang Baloch, requested the transfer of the case to another judge. However, not only was this request denied, but the judge also threatened to add more charges against them. This is not merely a denial of justice; it is a direct threat to peaceful political activists who are the voice of their nation.

Baloch Yakjehti Committee

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‘She basically telling him, nigga come back in 2 weeks and I got you ! But he looking at the white man for answers’- DK Kentt ‘My people perish because of lack of knowledge.’-weweo ‘This is how crippling illiteracy is young men. Not being able to comprehend what's being said to you by professionals & it's not complicated. This is also the power of having different groups of people in legal positions to help us all avoid the pitfalls and traps. Great job judge’-cloudtechbigunk ‘His Cognitive & Comprehensive skills are not aligned with his age! Add fear into the mixture and you have a recipe for disaster pray for him’-wrightwaycatering ‘His "lawyer" says "who knows under this administration there might not be truck drivers anymore." Time to look for a real lawyer.-carlamarie946 ‘His lawyer is railroading him and this happens more often than not. He was taught to trust the system (his lawyer) and cannot conceive that this white figure of authority is misleading him. It's clear his lawyer has another agenda. He's not understanding the judge because he believes the judge has an adversarial role based on his lack of knowledge, television and the fact that she represents the court. People in court are nervous, intimidated and yes there is a lack of understanding/ignorance. Law and legalese are not taught in school nor or laws written so that the average person can understand them. This is by design so that ppl are forced to hire and depend on lawyers to interpret and defend them. They like to call it job security. If he loses his job he may very likely end up back in court needing a lawyer once again. If he gets a felony that's one less person competing for a job with the lawyers kid or "community". Let this sink all the way in!’-blackbonnie928

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THE CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE AGAINST HONOURABLE TUNDU A. LISSU IS THE LAW BEING DISREGARDED? The Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) raises its voice regarding the troubling conduct in the criminal case against Honourable Tundu Antipas Lissu — a lawyer, former Member of Parliament, and one of the nation’s prominent advocates for human rights, good governance, and constitutionalism. Since his arrest, there has been a disturbing pattern undermining the principles of justice, violating legal procedures, and casting a heavy shadow over our criminal justice system. This is evident in the following: His arrest was conducted without adherence to lawful procedures, signaling an abuse of power; The charges appear to be politically motivated, raising serious concerns about the use of judicial processes as tools for political ends; Denial of even the basic right to greet and meet with fellow citizens before the official hearing of the case; Repeated adjournments of the case on legally unsubstantial grounds, indicating a deviation from legal focus; Interference with or denial of the accused’s right to private consultations with his lawyers, which violates the right to equal legal representation; Indications of breaches of the attorney-client privilege, which is protected under the Constitution and legal framework, and is a cornerstone of the right to an effective legal defense. The right of a client to consult privately with their lawyer is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Evidence Act, and the Code of Ethics for Advocates. To restrict or interfere with this right is to undermine the foundation of the justice process and impair the accused’s ability to defend themselves adequately before the court. TLS emphasizes the following: The law must not be used as a weapon against justice; State authorities must not place themselves above the Constitution or the laws enacted by Parliament; The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) must reflect deeply on the significant constitutional powers he holds in criminal justice and whether there is sufficient accountability to protect citizens' rights and ensure adherence to the law at all times; The right to legal assistance is not a privilege — it is a right of every citizen. Any criminal case, especially those involving individuals with political or social stature, must be conducted with transparency, fairness, and with respect for human dignity. The Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) continues to closely monitor the progress of this case. We reiterate that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done. We call upon the Judiciary and all state organs to uphold and protect the rights of the accused in accordance with the law and the Constitution. Furthermore, we urge all lawyers in the country, the media, and human rights stakeholders to continue championing the protection of justice, freedom of expression, and the rule of law — without fear or favour. BAK MWABUKUSI President, Tanganyika Law Society (TLS)

Boniface Mwabukusi

15,205 views • 1 year ago

Murder of Lawyer Kyalo Mbobu exposes KCB’s ties to corrupt Judges Kenya Commercial Bank is under intense scrutiny for its alleged role in a massive land fraud involving top judicial officers. The bank is accused of bribing judges to influence court rulings, allowing it to improperly seize and auction off valuable properties. One of the most notable cases involves Captain Kung'u Muigai, cousin to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who lost 443 acres in Juja valued at over Sh3 billion following a loan dispute from 1992 that turned into decades-long legal battles. Muigai claims that judges received more than Sh825 million in bribes to favor KCB, enabling the bank to take control of the land despite other legal options that could have prevented such a loss. The judges allegedly involved include Chief Justice Martha Koome, Isaac Lenaola, Mohamed Ibrahim, GBM Kariuki, Hannah Okwengu, Sankale ole Kantai, Fatuma Sichale, Asike Makhandia, Francis Tuiyott, Kathurima M’inoti, John Mativo, Roselyn Nambuye, and Milton Makhandia. The case took a darker turn when Muigai’s lawyer, Kyalo Mbobu, was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle along Magadi Road. This incident has raised fears of targeted attacks connected to the legal fight and has further exposed the risks faced by those challenging powerful institutions like KCB. The ordeal has drawn widespread criticism of both the bank and the judiciary, highlighting systemic corruption within Kenya’s legal system. Advocates are now calling for the immediate resignation of the implicated judges and urging citizens to boycott those protected by the Judicial Service Commission, starting with Isaac Lenaola. The Muigai case underscores the urgent need for accountability in the judiciary and for banks like KCB to be held responsible for unethical practices that cost Kenyans dearly. This controversy has sparked a national debate on the safety of lawyers, the integrity of judicial decisions, and the responsibility of financial institutions in upholding ethical standards. The loss of Muigai’s land and the murder of his lawyer remain powerful reminders of how corruption can devastate lives and undermine public trust.

Mambo Mseto X

34,277 views • 11 months ago