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2 days ago · Tamil Nadu YouTuber Savukku Shankar, who has been in preventive detention for over two months, got some interim relief Thursday as the Supreme Court directed his release. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah ordered the release pending a decision by the Madras High Court on his plea challenging his preventive detention ...
Savukku (English: Whip) is an anonymous, whistle blowing website. The website has been called the Tamil's WikiLeaks. [dead link] The site publishes articles in Tamil and English.
2 days ago · The Supreme Court directed the release of YouTuber Savukku Shankar, detained under the Goondas Act. Questions raised on police detention. The court granted interim relief until the high court ...
May 4, 2024 · CHENNAI: ‘Savukku’ Shankar, the whistleblower-turned-anti-corruption activist-turned-blogger-turned-YouTuber who has been a thorn on the side of the regimes in Tamil Nadu and the police for long, was arrested yet again on Saturday, this time for his allegedly derogatory comments against women police personnel.
3 days ago · 18 Jul 2024, 10:17 am. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, July 18, granted interim bail to YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar in the case pertaining to his preventive detention under the Goondas Act. A ...
Madras HC delivers split verdict on whistleblower Savukku Shankar's detention under Goondas Act. Case to go to third judge appointed by acting CJ R Mahadevan.
May 5, 2024 · YouTuber and a suspended Tamil Nadu government employee, A Shankar, popularly known as ‘Savukku’ Shankar, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by the Cybercrime Wing of the Coimbatore police over certain derogatory remarks he allegedly made against women police personnel in a recent YouTube interview.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court in its order granted interim bail to Tamil YouTuber Savukku Shankar against his preventive detention. The two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Sudhanshu ...
Nov 11, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the six-month jail sentence handed by the Madras High Court to political commentator and activist Savukku Shankar for contempt of court.
Sep 16, 2022 · The Madurai bench of Madras High court on Thursday convicted a popular whistleblower and a YouTuber, Achimuthu Shankar aka ‘Savukku’ Shankar, in a suo motu contempt petition for his comments about corruption in higher judiciary. Shankar has been sentenced to six months imprisonment.
