Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has sanctioned the prosecution of author-activist Arundhati Roy and Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former professor at the Central University of Kashmir, under Section 45 (1) of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with a 2010 FIR over “provocative speeches in public” at a New Delhi auditorium.
The FIR, registered on a complaint by social activist Sushil Pandit in 2010, accused Roy and Hussain of delivering provocative speeches at a conference organized under the banner of ‘Azadi-The Only Way’ on October 21 that year at the Little Theatre Group (LTG) Auditorium on Copernicus Marg in New Delhi.
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