
DC Edit | UP FIRs: Don’t Misuse Law To Circumvent Constitution
Published on: Oct. 23, 2025, 1:01 a.m. | Source: Deccan Chronicle
While quashing the FIRs against several persons including Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice-chancellor of Uttar Pradesh's Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), the court observed that “criminal law cannot be a tool to harass innocent citizens” and even questioned the constitutionality of several sections of the law