No proposal to scrap sedition law, Rijiju informs Lok Sabha
3 years ago

No proposal to scrap sedition law, Rijiju informs Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday told the Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Home Affairs has no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code that deals with sedition. Further, the question of law regarding Section 124A is pending for adjudication before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,” the Law Minister said in a written reply to a question that asked if the government was planning to strike it down. Section 124A of the IPC says, “Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Government established by law in, shall be punished with, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.” He was responding to a question from All India United Democratic Front member from Assam, Badruddin Ajmal, who asked whether the Supreme Court had recently termed the sedition law as colonial and made an observation that it is being misused and if the court has directed the Union Government to submit its response on the necessity and validity of this law. The Law Minister said the top court, in a writ petition issued notice to the Centre, said the petitioners have made a prayer before the Supreme Court for an appropriate writ, order or direction declaring Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 to be unconstitutional and void.

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[S.152 BNS] Sedition Law Is A Shield For National Security, Not A Sword Against Political Dissent: Rajasthan High Court
1 day, 10 hours ago

[S.152 BNS] Sedition Law Is A Shield For National Security, Not A Sword Against Political Dissent: Rajasthan High Court

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that Section 152, BNS had its roots in Section 124A of the IPC and was similarly worded to the offence of sedition. “Whoever, purposely or knowingly, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or by electronic communication or by use of financial mean, or otherwise, excites or attempts to …

Human Rights Organisations Condemn Criminal Complaint Against Mohammed Zubair
1 week, 6 days ago

Human Rights Organisations Condemn Criminal Complaint Against Mohammed Zubair

The Quint  

The FIR cites seven different legal provisions, including section 66 of the IT Act and different sections of the BNS, the 2023 reform of India’s penal code, which was passed during British colonial rule. Section 152 states that anyone who “excites or attempts to excite, secession or armed rebellion or subversive activities, or encourages feelings of separatist activities or endangers …

S. 193 IPC | When Can Perjury Proceedings Be Initiated Against A Litigant? Supreme Court Explains
4 months, 1 week ago

S. 193 IPC | When Can Perjury Proceedings Be Initiated Against A Litigant? Supreme Court Explains

Live Law  

While quashing a perjury proceeding against a litigant, the Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down the yardsticks which should be fulfilled for initiating proceedings for the offence of perjury under Section 193 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.The bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justices Sanjay Karol and KV Viswanathan was deciding an appeal preferred by a litigant against the decision of. …

High Court's notice to Centre on DMK plea opposing three new criminal laws
5 months ago

High Court's notice to Centre on DMK plea opposing three new criminal laws

India Today  

The Madras High Court on Friday ordered issuing notice to the Centre over a plea by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to declare as ultra vires and unconstitutional, the three new criminal laws brought in by the Union government. The three laws-- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have come into effect from July 1. A …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]
8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 240 to 2024 LiveLaw 255 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Section 78 – Arbitration clause – Two-Contract Case – When the parties enter into a contract, making a general reference to another contract, such general reference would not have the effect of incorporating the arbitration clause from the referred document into the …

Supreme Court defers sedition plea hearing
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court defers sedition plea hearing

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a constitution bench of at least five judges a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the IPC provision on sedition, a month after the Centre introduced in Parliament bills to replace the colonial-era penal statutes IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act, proposing among other things the repeal of the …

SC rejects Centre’s request to defer hearing on Sedition law challenge
1 year, 3 months ago

SC rejects Centre’s request to defer hearing on Sedition law challenge

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday rejected the Centre's request to defer the hearing in the sedition law challenge case since Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita is under consideration by a standing committee, according to Bar and Bench reports. During the hearing, CJI DY Chandrachud led-bench clarified that the new law will have no impact on the constitutional validity of Section …

7-Year Jail or Lifer: Govt Gives Teeth to Sedition 2.0 Under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill
1 year, 4 months ago

7-Year Jail or Lifer: Govt Gives Teeth to Sedition 2.0 Under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill

News 18  

Even as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 is being vetted by the Parliament’s standing committee, debates and deliberations continue over the proposed section of the bill, specifically Section 150, which will replace Section 124A of IPC, known as sedition. Experts call the proposed section 150 for the “acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” as “Sedition 2.0”. According …

Sedition gets new name in bill; ambit wider, penalty harsher
1 year, 4 months ago

Sedition gets new name in bill; ambit wider, penalty harsher

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The act of sedition continues to be a crime under a proposed Indian law introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday, albeit under a different name, with the punishment for it actually being increased. An analysis of the Bharativa Nyaya Sanita Bill, 2023, however, suggests that the offence of sedition has been retained under the proposed law with …

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.
1 year, 4 months ago

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that one of the proposed legislations aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system will completely repeal the offence of sedition, as prescribed under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, adding the bill will be sent to a parliamentary panel for scrutiny. An analysis of the Bharatiya Nyaya …

Amit Shah tables Bills for major changes to British-era criminal justice system
1 year, 4 months ago

Amit Shah tables Bills for major changes to British-era criminal justice system

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday tabled bills to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act and to provide for capital punishment for mob lynching, sexual assaults on minors, 20-year imprisonment for gang rape besides repeal of sedition offence. Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Parliament House complex during …

Parliament Monsoon Session: Sedition Law To Be Abolished, Says Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Parliament Monsoon Session: Sedition Law To Be Abolished, Says Amit Shah

ABP News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha on Friday that the sedition law will be abolished by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, 2023. Speaking about the Bill Amit Shah said, "Under this, we are repealing laws like sedition. That is why, we have brought an important provision that the sections that provide for seven years or longer jail …

Sedition law to be scrapped, says Amit Shah, punishment enhanced in new provisions
1 year, 4 months ago

Sedition law to be scrapped, says Amit Shah, punishment enhanced in new provisions

India Today  

The sedition law “will be completely repealed”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Friday as he introduced three bills aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system. “Whoever, purposely or knowingly, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or by electronic communication or by use of financial mean, or otherwise, excites or attempts …

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi’s plea challenging sedition charges against him
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi’s plea challenging sedition charges against him

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India on July 21 sought a response of the Centre on a plea of RTI activist and independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi challenging the invocation of penal provision of sedition against him in a case related to anti-CAA protests. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 last year decided to put in …

Rethink the retention of sedition
1 year, 6 months ago

Rethink the retention of sedition

The Hindu  

The Law Commission of India in its 279th report, released in April 2023, has recommended retaining one of the most controversial sections of recent times i.e., Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code on ‘sedition’. The Supreme Court of India, in S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India on May 11, 2022, had directed all State governments and the central government …

Where anyone can be accused of sedition
1 year, 6 months ago

Where anyone can be accused of sedition

The Hindu  

French author Andre Gide once said, “Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.” This captures the current state of the debate on sedition in India. The 279th Law Commission Report, laying down the grounds for retaining sedition, is starkly symbolic of how “nobody listens.” The Commission has …

Sedition law report: A regressive step by Law Commission
1 year, 6 months ago

Sedition law report: A regressive step by Law Commission

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 08, 2023 19:40 IST - 7 MINS READ The 22nd Law Commission has recommended that Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of sedition be retained and that the minimum jail term for the offence be enhanced from three years to seven years. While the Court practically suspended the provision, the Law …

Top court must strike down the sedition law
1 year, 6 months ago

Top court must strike down the sedition law

Hindustan Times  

Last year, during the hearing of a constitutional challenge to the validity of the offence of sedition, the government urged the Supreme Court to defer consideration on the basis that the issue was under review. Last week, the first fruits of the government’s review process were made public: The Law Commission of India published a report where it not only …

DC Edit | It's time to scrap sedition law, not make it harsher
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | It's time to scrap sedition law, not make it harsher

Deccan Chronicle  

The Law Commission’s recommendation that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with sedition be retained with more stringent punishment goes against the grain of the ground realities and instead reflects the thought shared by a section of our society which is yet to recognise the establishment of the Indian democratic republic with a Constitution of its own. …

Law Commission's recommendations backing sedition law contrary to foundations of republic: Sibal
1 year, 6 months ago

Law Commission's recommendations backing sedition law contrary to foundations of republic: Sibal

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said the Law Commission's recommendations backing the sedition law are contrary to the ethos and the very foundations of the republic. Explained | India’s sedition law, its usage, and the opinions around it After 2014, there have been more than 10,000 cases of sedition out of which there has …

Govt. wants to make sedition law more draconian: Congress
1 year, 6 months ago

Govt. wants to make sedition law more draconian: Congress

The Hindu  

Citing the Law Commission’s backing of Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, pertaining to sedition, the Congress on Friday alleged that the BJP government was planning to make the law more “draconian” and wanted to send a message before the next general election that it would be used against Opposition leaders. The principal Opposition party alleged that the …

On sedition law, govt says repealing can have adverse impact on India's security
1 year, 6 months ago

On sedition law, govt says repealing can have adverse impact on India's security

Hindustan Times  

The Law Commission of India has recommended the retention of the 153-year-old colonial law on sedition in India, emphasising that “repealing the legal provision can have serious adverse ramifications for the security and integrity of the country.” Instead, the Commission favoured amending Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code or IPC “so as to bring about more clarity in the …

Law Commission asks to retain sedition law; proposes amendments for clarity
1 year, 6 months ago

Law Commission asks to retain sedition law; proposes amendments for clarity

Live Mint  

The Law Commission has expressed its opinion that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which pertains to sedition laws, should be retained. "In this context, it is also alternatively suggested that a provision analogous to Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 may be incorporated as a proviso to Section 154 of CrPC, which would provide the …

Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission
1 year, 6 months ago

Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission

The Hindu  

The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. “In this context, it is also alternatively suggested that a provision analogous to Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, …

Supreme Court Monthly Digest April 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Monthly Digest April 2023

Live Law  

SUBJECT WISE INDEX Administrative Law Rules of Business - When the Cabinet constitutes a committee and the latter’s actions are validated by the Minister and the rest of the Council, then it cannot be claimed that Rules of Business have not been followed by the State Government in the course of its decision-making process. National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Harsolia …

Re-examination of sedition law in motion, consultations in final stage, Govt informs SC
1 year, 7 months ago

Re-examination of sedition law in motion, consultations in final stage, Govt informs SC

The Hindu  

The government in the Supreme Court on May 1 said it has initiated the "process of re-examination" of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code and consultations are in its "final stage". In May last year, the court, in an interim order, had suspended the use of Section 124A, stalling pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A across …

Sedition: Centre tells Supreme Court government likely to re-cast colonial-era law
1 year, 7 months ago

Sedition: Centre tells Supreme Court government likely to re-cast colonial-era law

India Today  

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the process of re-examining Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises sedition, is at an advanced stage and the revised law is likely to be tabled in the Monsoon session of Parliament. Recording the submission of the top law officer of the government, the bench said, "The Attorney …

DC Edit | Dissent, even if unseemly, should not lead to arrest
1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Dissent, even if unseemly, should not lead to arrest

Deccan Chronicle  

The timely and resolute intervention of the Supreme Court to prevent the incarceration of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for cases registered against him over his comment that was critical of the Prime Minister has spared our blushes seeing as we call ourselves the oldest democracy in the world. It also issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh and Assam governments to …

SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
1 year, 11 months ago

SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Nearly seven months after putting on hold the law on sedition, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the colonial-era penal law on Monday when the Centre is likely to apprise it of the developments, if any, made while re-examining the provision. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 …

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law

The Hindu  

Nearly seven months after putting on hold the law on sedition, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the colonial-era penal law on Wednesday when the Centre is likely to apprise it of the developments, if any, made while re-examining the provision. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 last year …

Centre Seeks More Time from SC to Take Appropriate Steps for Reconsidering Sedition Law
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre Seeks More Time from SC to Take Appropriate Steps for Reconsidering Sedition Law

News 18  

The Central government on Monday sought more time from the Supreme Court to take appropriate steps for reconsidering sedition law. Hearing the pleas today, Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit-led apex court bench extended the interim order granting protection and putting the law in abeyance. Section 124A says that “whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, …

Sedition Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Sharjeel Imam's Interim Bail Plea
2 years, 6 months ago

Sedition Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Sharjeel Imam's Interim Bail Plea

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday reserved order on the interim bail plea moved by Sharjeel Imam in an FIR against him involving the offence of Sedition under sec. 124A of Indian Penal Code, in view of recent Apex Court order wherein the sedition law has been kept in abeyance till the Union Government reconsiders the provision.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat …

Section 124A: Journey Of Sedition Law So Far
2 years, 6 months ago

Section 124A: Journey Of Sedition Law So Far

Live Law  

Sedition definition Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Government established by law in India, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may …

The Sedition Law: Landmark order
2 years, 7 months ago

The Sedition Law: Landmark order

The Hindu  

T he recent order of the Supreme Court in a case filed by Major General S.G. Vombatkere as well as the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and a range of other petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code has come as a ray of hope that the issue of sedition will cease to be …

Supreme Court Decision on Sedition Law is Pragmatic but Many Questions Remain Unanswered
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Decision on Sedition Law is Pragmatic but Many Questions Remain Unanswered

News 18  

In a pragmatic decision, the Supreme Court has directed that all proceedings on charges u/s 124 A of the IPC be kept in abeyance until the government completes the re-examination of the sedition law. After Supreme Court ordered a freeze on the sedition Law, a journalist got relief from the Rajasthan High Court in a case registered u/s 124 A. …

SC Sedition Order Must be Viewed in Context of Govt's Positive Suggestions: BJP
2 years, 7 months ago

SC Sedition Order Must be Viewed in Context of Govt's Positive Suggestions: BJP

News 18  

With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court’s stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government that it wishes to examine the matter which has been “duly accepted” by the court. The Modi government took a “historic” decision to correct …

Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law
2 years, 7 months ago

Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law

The Hindu  

Nobody should cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and the court should respect the government and the legislature just as the government respects the court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday after the Supreme Court stayed the sedition law, while the Opposition parties welcomed the order. All this under the watchful eyes of the UPA!” Responding to the Law Minister’s ‘Lakshman …

Sedition Law: 399 Cases Filed, Convictions in Only 8 Between 2014 and 2020, Shows Home Ministry Data
2 years, 7 months ago

Sedition Law: 399 Cases Filed, Convictions in Only 8 Between 2014 and 2020, Shows Home Ministry Data

News 18  

Of the 399 cases of sedition were registered in India between 2014 and 2020, convictions were granted in eight, Union Home Ministry data shows. Section 124A says that “whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection …

Centre Agrees That Section 124A IPC Was Intended For Colonial Rule, Says Supreme Court In Sedition Case Order
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre Agrees That Section 124A IPC Was Intended For Colonial Rule, Says Supreme Court In Sedition Case Order

Live Law  

In the historic order which effectively put a freeze on pending and future cases for sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court made a significant observation that the Union Government also agrees that it is a provision which is not in tune with the current social milieu and that it was intended for the colonial …

What now for Rana couple as Supreme Court puts sedition law on hold
2 years, 7 months ago

What now for Rana couple as Supreme Court puts sedition law on hold

India Today  

While Member of Parliament Navneet Rana and Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ravi Rana were granted bail by a Mumbai court on May 4, what happens now that the Supreme Court has asked that the Sedition 124A section be kept in abeyance? The three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, stated that they hoped and expected the …

Supreme Court puts colonial sedition law on hold
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court puts colonial sedition law on hold

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code while allowing the Union of India to reconsider the British-era law. Adding a fail-safe to protect civil liberties against any future misuse of Section 124A while it was under the Union's microscope, the court ordered that the persons accused in …

Sedition law on hold: Top 5 things Supreme Court said in order
2 years, 7 months ago

Sedition law on hold: Top 5 things Supreme Court said in order

India Today  

In a historic order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, known as the sedition law in common parlance. The order was pronounced by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the …

SC puts sedition law on hold, asks Centre, states to refrain from filing FIRs | Read what court said
2 years, 7 months ago

SC puts sedition law on hold, asks Centre, states to refrain from filing FIRs | Read what court said

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the invocation of the sedition charge until the provisions of the law under Section-124 of the Indian Penal Code are examined. While hearing the petitions challenging the validity of the law on sedition, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana-led Bench said, "We expect that till re-examination of this law is complete it will not …

SC freezes law of sedition for now
2 years, 7 months ago

SC freezes law of sedition for now

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Brushing aside the Centre’s opposition to putting the sedition law on hold, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Centre and state governments from registering fresh cases under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. Applying the brakes on the invocation of the sedition law and allowing the Union government to “re-examine and reconsider” the provisions of Section …

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law
2 years, 7 months ago

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law

News 18  

India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on Tuesday, found a mention in the Supreme Court during the hearing of pleas challenging the sedition law. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the petitioners arguing about the misuse of sedition law, said that former PM Nehru had echoed similar thoughts regarding Section 124A, which criminalises sedition. We are trying to do …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 7 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 7 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the …

India top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review
2 years, 7 months ago

India top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups and even the Supreme Court have spoken out about rampant misuse of the law against activists, writers and students. India’s Supreme Court has barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law that critics say is often used to stifle dissent, pending a review. The Law Commission of India and even the Supreme Court have at various times …

Committee on criminal law reforms recommended amendments to sedition law
2 years, 7 months ago

Committee on criminal law reforms recommended amendments to sedition law

The Hindu  

A panel of experts constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs to suggest reforms to the British-era Indian Penal Code has recommended amendments to the sedition law, a senior government official told The Hindu. The Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws appointed by the MHA in 2020 submitted an exhaustive report in March, which among other IPC sections also examined …

Supreme Court seeks interim protection for people charged with sedition
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court seeks interim protection for people charged with sedition

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated a willingness to wait, but not for too long, for the government to “re-examine” the colonial law of sedition. “How long will you take for the ‘reconsideration’ of the law,” Chief Justice Ramana asked. On the issue of protecting people from the misuse of sedition law, Mr. Mehta said those affected could always move …

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