Ajit Mohan vs Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi

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2021 Supreme(SC) 311

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROY
Ajit Mohan – Appellant
Versus
Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s) No.1 & 2:Harish N. Salve, Vivek Reddy, Raghav Seth, Shravya Reddy, Chetna Rai, Mayank Pandey, Aditya Jalan, Manoj Reddy, Durga Priya Manda, Vanya Chhabra, Bharat Makkar, Advocates
For the R-3 :Arvind Datar, Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Abhijnan Jha, Preeti Kolluri, Rahul Unnikrishnan, Mayank Pandey, Advocates
For the Respondent(s):Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Prashanto Sen, Shadan Farasat, Amit Bhandari, Talha Abdul Rahman, Prashant Manchanda, Shourya Dasgupta, Bharat Gupta, Advocates
For the Intervener(s) :Shadan Farasat, Talha Abdul Rahman, Prashant Manchanda, R. Radha, Aditi Sharma, Ravleen Chhabra, M. Shaz Khan, Udit Atul Kokanthankar, Aishwarya Devi, Advocates
For the UOI :Tushar Mehta, Kanu Agrawal, Rajat Nair, Saurabh Mishra, Vanshaja Shukla, B.V. Balram Das, Gurmeet Singh Makker, Advocates
For the R 5 & 6 :G. Ramakrishna Prasad, Suyodhan Byrapaneni, Filza Moonis, Advocates
For the GNCTD :Chirag M. Shroff, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, J.

	INDEX
S. No.	Contents	Page No.
1.	Prolegomenon	2
2.	The Factual Context	10
3.	The Submissions	33
(a)	The Privilege Issue	35
(b)	Privileges, Free Speech and Privacy	73
(c)	Legislative Competence	89
4.	Recent Developments	129
5.	The Opinion	135
(a)	On the issue of Privilege	143
(b)	On Privileges and Fundamental Rights	160
(c)	On Legislative Competence	164
6.	Conclusion	185
7.	Postscript	187

Prolegomenon: [“Preface” See A.M. Singhvi et. al. The Law of Emergency Powers - Comparative Common Law Perspectives (Springer, 2020)]

1. The technological age has produced digital platforms - not like the railway platforms where trains were regulated on arrival and departure. These digital platforms can be imminently uncontrollable at times and carry their own challenges. One form of digital platforms are the intermediaries that claim to be providing a platform for exchange of ideas without any contribution of their own. It is their say th

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2021 Supreme(SC) 311

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROYAjit Mohan – AppellantVersusLegislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi – Respondent

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROY
Ajit Mohan – Appellant
Versus
Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi – Respondent