{"id":51674,"date":"2019-11-22T19:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51674"},"modified":"2019-11-22T20:13:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T14:43:28","slug":"media-misreport-that-aatish-taseer-moved-supreme-court-to-challenge-oci-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-that-aatish-taseer-moved-supreme-court-to-challenge-oci-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Media misreport that Aatish Taseer moved Supreme Court to challenge OCI cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The home ministry had recently revoked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card status held by Aatish Taseer, the journalist who had penned a\u00a0<em>TIME\u00a0<\/em>magazine cover story on prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of Lok Sabha polls. The government denied that the move came as a direct fallout of his critical reportage and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBHomeAffairs\/status\/1192474392854327298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1192474392854327298&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewire.in%2Fpolitics%2Faatish-taseer-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that Taseer had &#8216;concealed&#8217; his father&#8217;s Pakistani identity &#8211; a claim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AatishTaseer\/status\/1192479687295021058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1192479687295021058&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewire.in%2Fpolitics%2Faatish-taseer-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refuted<\/a> by the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media outlets &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Jgpl1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zee News<\/a>, Republic TV, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/GYI2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OneIndia<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>have claimed in recent reports that Taseer has moved the Supreme Court against the government&#8217;s action. <em>Republic TV&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>report is no longer available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51686 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/image_720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/image_720.png 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/image_720-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Zee Hindustan\u00a0<\/em>was one of the firsts to claim that Taseer filed a petition in the SC to challenge the revocation of his OCI card (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/ocOQt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u094d\u0930\u093f\u091f\u093f\u0936 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0915 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AatishTaseer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AatishTaseer<\/a> \u0928\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SupremeCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SupremeCourt<\/a> \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093e \u0916\u091f\u0916\u091f\u093e\u092f\u093e. \u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092f\u093e\u091a\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0913\u0935\u0930\u0938\u0940\u091c \u0938\u093f\u091f\u093f\u091c\u0928 \u0911\u092b \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OCI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OCI<\/a>) \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0935\u093e\u092a\u0938 \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0928\u094c\u0924\u0940 \u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0948. \u0926\u0930\u0905\u0938\u0932, \u092a\u093f\u091b\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u092b\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0906\u0924\u093f\u0936 \u0924\u093e\u0938\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0913\u0938\u0940\u0906\u0908 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0935\u093e\u092a\u0938 \u0932\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZeeHindustan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZeeHindustan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZEE HINDUSTAN (@Zee_Hindustan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zee_Hindustan\/status\/1197752747216363520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191122135741\/https:\/\/www.newsnation.in\/india\/news\/aatish-taseer-moves-supreme-court-against-modi-govts-decision-to-revoke-oic-status-244992.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>News Nation <\/em><\/a>also published an article claiming the same. So did Russian news organisation\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/asia\/201911221077373088-indian-british-writer-takes-modi-govt-to-court-for-scrapping-his-citizenship-card-over-pak-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sputnik<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> | Aatish Taseer moves Supreme Court against Modi government&#8217;s decision to revoke OIC status<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AatishTaseer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AatishTaseer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AatishTaseer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AatishTaseer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZFftN0cWF\">https:\/\/t.co\/AZFftN0cWF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News Nation (@NewsNationTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsNationTV\/status\/1197799077037015041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>&#8220;FAKE NEWS&#8221;: AATISH TASEER<\/h2>\n<p>Aatish Taseer quote-tweeted the report by <em>Zee News <\/em>and termed the story &#8220;fake news&#8221;. Speaking with Alt News, the journalist and author said, <em>&#8220;We have not filed a petition at the Supreme Court. We are still in the process of preparing our legal strategy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fake news. Also being circulated by that other government source of misinformation: Republic TV. \u2066 CC: \u2066\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/free_thinker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@free_thinker<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AltNews<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zLLglYCh9\">https:\/\/t.co\/0zLLglYCh9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aatish Taseer (@AatishTaseer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AatishTaseer\/status\/1197851790223511552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a November 12 report in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/will-challenge-cancellation-of-oci-status-aatish-taseer\/article29947108.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Taseer said that he will be challenging the cancellation of his OCI status however the report has no mention of the due process. He told the media outlet. <em>\u201cI have had some hesitations given the huge costs and the long delays in a legal battle. But so many people have reached out and told me that if I don\u2019t fight what the government has done, I would be letting them get away with it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That same day, the journalist had tweeted &#8220;it&#8217;s true, we&#8217;re fighting&#8221; with again, no mention of the SC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s true: we\u2019re fighting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95TVZb9FEo\">https:\/\/t.co\/95TVZb9FEo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zy0DpqVuYW\">pic.twitter.com\/Zy0DpqVuYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aatish Taseer (@AatishTaseer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AatishTaseer\/status\/1194071039787110400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Multiple media outlets therefore falsely reported that Aatish Taseer has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the revocation of his OCI status. It remains unclear what prompted the premature reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The home ministry had recently revoked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card status held by Aatish Taseer, the journalist who had penned a\u00a0TIME\u00a0magazine cover story on prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of Lok Sabha polls. 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