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Supreme Court | Farooq Abdullah

'Views different from govt not sedition': SC dismisses PIL against Farooq Abdullah

| @indiablooms | Mar 03, 2021, at 11:35 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking  action against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah for making statements against the scrapping of Article 370.

The bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul observed that the expression of views that are different from the opinion of the government cannot be termed seditious.

The PIL filed by petitioners Rajat Sharma and Neh Srivastava was against the National Conference leader's remarks on the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. It also alleged that the Abdullah sought help from Pakistan and China against India on the matter.

While dismissing the plea, the Apex Court also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the petitioners for failing to substantiate the allegations made in the litigation.

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