TEESTA SETALVAD THE ACTIVIST FOR MINORITY SARASIJ MAJUMDER The Supreme Court superseded a July 1 -2023 order of the Gujarat High Court directing activist Teesta Setalvad to surrender immediately in a forgery case linked to the 2002 riots. The apex court, said Ms. Setalvad would continue on bail in accordance with a September 2, 2022, vide order of the Supreme Court. The rumour in social media is that, after receiving PHONE CALL, CJI got the Supreme Court opened at night on July 1, 2023 to grant bail to activist Teesta Setalvad. Originally, Ms. Setalvad was arrested from Mumbai on June 25 , 2022, by a team of Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad officers. Her arrest was based on an FIR registered in Gujarat the previous day. There are many activists I know, arrested and were put into Jail over a period of time, in the past—but the manner in which this activist got BAIL—is exemplary, to say the least! Teesta Setalvad is an Indian civil rights acti...