Republic TV’s editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami was granted bail eight days after he was arrested by the Mumbai Police, however many are questioning the dual standards of the Government who maintained silence on arrests of various Journalists.
There are various journalists who have been in jail for months, Asif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist has been in jail for 808 days.
The Committee to protect journalists has been campaigning for his release, along with his family and friends.
The apex court criticized the Maharashtra state government and granted Arnab bail, However, Arnab was supported by the BJP government at the Center and others.
Justice YV Chandrachud of the Supreme Court said that it is the duty of the court to protect freedom of expression.
On the other hand, many journalists like 41-year-old Siddique Kappan are in jail without conviction, Siddiqui was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
He has been in jail for the last 40 days.
The habeas corpus petition was filed in the Supreme Court by the Uttar Pradesh Journalists Union. In response, the apex court said that you should first apply to the appropriate court.
Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan (age 31) has been in jail for the last 808 days.
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem from Manipur was arrested for a Facebook post over a month ago, and continues to be behind bars for the past 43 days.
According to the news report the case refers to a social media post made by a woman allegedly involved with a state minister about his wife, a woman from a minority tribal community, Maram.
The journalist was charged with sedition, promoting enmity between different groups and intent to incite a community to commit an offence against another, and under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The editors guild of India asked UP CM Adityanath to release jailed journalists, ensure freedom of press.