“The Ideological Elite wants Justice Shekhar Yadav silenced”, Swarajyamag, January 20, 2025:
“In a disturbing display of ideological authoritarianism cloaked in legal activism, thirteen Senior Advocates have written to the Chief Justice of India, asking to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to lodge an FIR against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav for a speech he delivered at a Vishva Hindu Parishad event.
This unprecedented move seeks to weaponize India’s premier investigative agency against a sitting High Court judge solely for exercising his right to free expression. This act of bullying and villainising a judge sets a dangerous precedent, where expressing an inconvenient opinion becomes grounds for prosecution.
These advocates frequently proclaim themselves defenders of free speech and champions of dissent. But they now seek to weaponise state machinery to punish a judge for exercising the very rights they claim to uphold. Their actions are nothing short of ideological policing. They are determined to silence voices they cannot tolerate……”
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