Article 19 gives full right of expression subject to certain restrictions, Islamabad High Court
The Islamabad High Court has issued a detailed decision to dismiss the sedition case against PTI leader Shandana Gulzar.
The court termed the registration of sedition case without due process as a waste of time and state resources.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said in a 9-page detailed judgment that there is no doubt that Shandana Gulzar’s statement is against individual personalities and authorities, but there is no element in it regarding inciting the people to revolt, Article 19 few specific Gives full freedom of expression with restrictions.
According to the judgement, the prescribed legal procedure was not followed in the sedition case against Shandana Gulzar, the record of the prosecution also does not prove that it is proper to register the case, the type of cases in which the legal procedure was not followed. Gone, they should be excluded.
The court said that such criminal cases are not useful because it wastes time and state resources, and on February 1, the case registered against Shandana Gulzar in Women Police Station is dismissed.
The High Court also made a seven-point procedure on how a sedition case should be registered as part of the judgment.
The court said that the approval of the federal or provincial government is necessary to register a case of sedition, only the concerned government authorized officer can register the case after examining the allegations with reasons, no ordinary citizen can be registered under the provisions of sedition. could do
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