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India dispatch: Supreme Court to hear pleas against government ban on BBC Modi documentary

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India dispatch: Supreme Court to hear pleas against government ban on BBC Modi documentary

Vedika Chawla | National Law U. Delhi, IN

January 31, 2023 01:08:33 pm

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Vedika Chawla, a second-year student at the National Law University, Delhi. Next week the Indian Supreme Court is set to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) as well as a separate plea by advocates in India challenging the [...]

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