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Congress leader Pawan Kheda, trapped in a forgery and defamation case after accusing Rinke Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, of having passports of three countries and property abroad, got anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court today. Congress has expressed gratitude to the court on the decision in favor of Pawan Kheda and has called it a victory of the Constitution.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh and Law and Human Rights Department Chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi spoke to the media today after the Supreme Court’s decision. Jairam Ramesh said that today the Constitution has won. Modi government attacks the Constitution every day, but today constitutional values ​​and provisions have won. We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court. He said that the attack on the Constitution will continue but today’s decision assures the public that the protectors of the Constitution are still alive.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is representing Pawan Kheda in this case, said that today we have not come here to praise ourselves. We are here to talk about some basic principles, these are – (1) When the issue is of freedom, the justice system is the protector of the people, (2) We should always remember that we are under the law, (3) When we protect religion, religion protects us.

sending police in large numbers, intimidation and harassment

He told that the story of this case started from Kamrup Magistrate and then came to the Supreme Court via Telangana High Court. Then the matter reached Gauhati High Court and today a decision has come from the Supreme Court. Whenever there is an allegation of defamation in such cases, the question arises whether investigation cannot be done without arrest? But in this case, about 60 policemen were sent to the house of a person – who has a big name in the society and political party. He said that the reason for sending police in large numbers was only to intimidate and harass.

Assam Chief Minister should express regret over his statements

Singhvi said that the Supreme Court has quoted the Chief Minister of Assam in three pages. At the same time, there are many things which neither the court can quote nor I can say. In such a situation, the Chief Minister of Assam should think whether this suits a person holding a constitutional post? I want the Chief Minister of Assam to think seriously about this and express regret.

Congress made serious allegations against Assam government

Senior lawyer Singhvi said that two days after the April 5 press conference, the Assam government machinery with full force filed an NBW petition, which was rejected, the decision against which we had gone to the Supreme Court was given by the Supreme Court. It mentions such provisions which have not been stated by the complainant, the petitioner and the investigating agency. The Supreme Court has also said that we forget that in the case of interim bail, no one can be considered guilty until proven guilty.

We proved that all the provisions are bailable: Singhvi

Singhvi said that many aspects were included in this case, so that it becomes a different case from defamation. 9 provisions were used in this, which we have proved – all these provisions are bailable. We should not forget that every citizen has freedom of expression and if a political statement is made such a big issue during a political campaign, it will be a threat to Article 19(1)(a).