Three cow smugglers held in Haryana after gunfight, 2 policemen injured
Chandigarh, May 29: Three cow smugglers were arrested from Haryana's Rewari following a gunfight that left two policemen injured, a police spokesman said here on Tuesday.
"The Haryana Police has arrested three persons in connection with cow smuggling, including a most wanted cow smuggler of Rajasthan from district Rewari. The most wanted criminal, identified as Suba alias Sabudin, a native of village Palla in Mewat, is kingpin of cow smuggling gang. Delhi Police has also announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest," the spokesman said.
He said that all three accused were arrested following a gunfight in the Sodawas-Padmada area in Rewari.
"Two police personnel - ASI Ranbir and Head Constable Ravi Dutt - also received bullet injuries," the spokesman said.
He said that police had received information that cow smugglers in a Tata 407 canter carrying cows were heading towards Rewari and a team blocked the road. The cow smugglers them changed their route, after firing several rounds at police.
"They again opened fire at the police team after breaking barricades near village Majri, leading bullet injuries to two police personnel. Showing exemplary courage, the police team nabbed all the three accused alongwith Tata 407 vehicle near village Sodawas-Padmada," the spokesman added.
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Bombay High Court strikes down Centre's plan to set up Fact-Check Unit
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has struck down the central government's plan to establish a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023. The decision comes in response to a petition filed by standup comedian Kunal Kamra, challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's move.
Justice A.S. Chandurkar, delivering the final verdict, declared that the proposed IT Amendment Rules violated key provisions of the Indian Constitution, namely Articles 14 (right to equality), 19 (freedom of speech and expression), and 19(1)(g) (right to profession).
“I have considered the matter extensively. The impugned rules are violative of Articles 14, 19, and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India,” Justice Chandurkar said in his judgment. He further remarked that terms like "fake, false, and misleading" in the IT Rules were "vague" and lacked a clear definition, making them unconstitutional.
This judgment followed a split verdict issued by a division bench of the Bombay High Court in January. The bench, consisting of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale, was divided in their opinions. While Justice Patel ruled that the IT Rules amounted to censorship and struck them down, Justice Gokhale upheld the rules, arguing that they did not pose a "chilling effect" on free speech, as the petitioners had claimed.
The matter was then referred to a third judge, leading to today's decision. The Supreme Court had previously stayed the Centre's notification that would have made the fact-checking unit operational, stating that the government could not proceed until the Bombay High Court ruled on the case.
Kunal Kamra and other petitioners had argued that the amendments posed unreasonable restrictions on freedom of speech and expression. They contended that the provisions would lead to government-led censorship, effectively granting the government unchecked powers to determine what constitutes 'truth' online. The petitioners further claimed that such powers would turn the government into "prosecutor, judge, and executioner" in matters of online content.
With the Bombay High Court’s ruling, the Centre's move to create fact-checking units has been effectively halted, reaffirming the importance of protecting freedom of speech and expression in the digital space.
