The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has raised objections to the appointment of advocate Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla as a judge of the Bombay High Court, according to a resolution published by the Supreme Court Collegium on May 2. The IB flagged an article written by Pooniwalla's former senior, Senior Counsel Navroz Seervai, expressing concerns over freedom of speech and expression in the country. Seervai had spoken at a webinar in April 2020 on the threats to the right to freedom of speech and expression and written a column on whether there should be an unrestricted right to free speech and expression. Pooniwalla had worked under Seervai as his junior till 2012 and was designated a senior advocate of the Bombay High Court earlier this year.
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