The crippling effect of sedition and UAPA on dissent in India
4 years, 3 months ago

The crippling effect of sedition and UAPA on dissent in India

Hindustan Times  

A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7. A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7 Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code defines sedition as any signs, visible representations, or words, spoken or written, that can cause “hatred or contempt, or excite or attempt to excite disaffection” towards the government. The progress of sedition and UAPA cases reveals that the police are invoking these offences indiscriminately. Given the prevalence of indiscriminate arrests and pre-trial detention in India, for persons accused of sedition and offences under UAPA, even if they get acquitted, the process itself is punishment.

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New law repackaged sedition, should not be used to stifle dissent: High Court
3 weeks, 3 days ago

New law repackaged sedition, should not be used to stifle dissent: High Court

India Today  

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita appears to be reintroducing sedition laws from the scrapped Indian Penal Code and should not be used to cripple legitimate dissent. Justice Arun Monga also pointed out that the BNS provision is similarly worded to the sedition offence originally introduced by the British. The High Court …

Human Rights Organisations Condemn Criminal Complaint Against Mohammed Zubair
1 month 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 …

Legally Speaking | The curious case of the sanction against Arundhati Roy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Legally Speaking | The curious case of the sanction against Arundhati Roy

Hindustan Times  

At 6:46 PM on June 14, PTI tweeted a statement from Raj Niwas Officials, “Delhi LG gives prosecution sanction against Arundhati Roy under UAPA for ‘provocative’ speech at an event in 2010. The tweet evoked several questions, ‘What provocative speech?’ ‘Why sanction now after 14 years?’ ‘On what grounds?’ ‘Why UAPA?’ among others. P. Chidambaram, the then home minister said: …

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches

The Hindu  

The grant of sanction to prosecute writer-activist Arundhati Roy and academician Sheikh Showkat Hussain for alleged “unlawful activity” in a case dating back to 2010 is unwarranted. Saxena, who had accorded sanction in October 2023 to prosecute the Booker Prize-winning writer and the former Kashmir University professor, respectively, for allegedly divisive speeches and imputations against national unity, has now given …

Sharjeel Imam calls his Delhi Riot speech 'Gandhian', police opposes bail plea
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sharjeel Imam calls his Delhi Riot speech 'Gandhian', police opposes bail plea

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Delhi Police opposed the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam filed in the Delhi High Court. The bail plea was submitted in a sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case filed against Sharjeel Imam for his provocative speeches in Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University during anti-CAA protests in Delhi on December 13, 2019, and January …

Sharjeel Imam hearing: Delhi court issues summons to DCP
1 year, 1 month ago

Sharjeel Imam hearing: Delhi court issues summons to DCP

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Saturday, while taking up the bail application moved by Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case, issued summons to the deputy commissioner of police to appear before the court after a passover was sought by the prosecution citing that link special public prosecutor Madhukar Pandey was preoccupied in another case. “This tendency to seek a pass over/date …

Vendetta without limit: The Hindu Editorial on the resurrection of an old case against Arundhati Roy and an academician
1 year, 3 months ago

Vendetta without limit: The Hindu Editorial on the resurrection of an old case against Arundhati Roy and an academician

The Hindu  

The resurrection of a criminal case dating back to 2010 against writer-activist Arundhati Roy and an academician from Kashmir seems ill-motivated. Saxena granting sanction to prosecute Ms. Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former Kashmir University professor, for alleged divisive speeches and imputations against national unity made in New Delhi as far back as on October 21, 2010. Coming in …

Sedition gets new name in bill; ambit wider, penalty harsher
1 year, 5 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 …

India repeals outdated British-era sedition law. Experts call it a ‘repackaging’ exercise
1 year, 5 months ago

India repeals outdated British-era sedition law. Experts call it a ‘repackaging’ exercise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s outdated British-era sedition law …

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.
1 year, 5 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 …

Parliament Monsoon Session: Sedition Law To Be Abolished, Says Amit Shah
1 year, 5 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 …

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, 7 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 …

Law Commission’s Report on Sedition Ignores Free Speech Law and Indian Colonial History
1 year, 7 months ago

Law Commission’s Report on Sedition Ignores Free Speech Law and Indian Colonial History

Live Law  

The Law Commission of India released its 279th Report on ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition”. This argument is buttressed by a 2016 paper by philosophy professor Arudra Burra that problematizes the idea of the colonial nature of Indian law by asserting that the colonial origin of laws are “normatively neutral”. While the British government faced threats to its stability …

Sedition law report: A regressive step by Law Commission
1 year, 7 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 …

Law Commission's recommendations backing sedition law contrary to foundations of republic: Sibal
1 year, 7 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 …

HC seeks police stand on Sharjeel Imam’s plea against addition of sedition charge
1 year, 7 months ago

HC seeks police stand on Sharjeel Imam’s plea against addition of sedition charge

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Delhi Police to respond to student activist Sharjeel Imam’s plea seeking the dismissal of a supplementary chargesheet that introduced charges of sedition and ‘hate speech’ in a criminal case related to his alleged objectionable speech delivered at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019. The challenge to the police’s supplementary chargesheet was regarding the …

Law Commission backs sedition law, says 'India's ground reality different'
1 year, 7 months ago

Law Commission backs sedition law, says 'India's ground reality different'

India Today  

The Law Commission of India headed by Retd Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi in its report said that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, dealing with the law on sedition should be retained with some amendments regarding circumstances under which it should be be used. In its report which was submitted to the law ministry, the commission said that certain …

Rise of sedition cases in Karnataka
2 years, 4 months ago

Rise of sedition cases in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Karnataka had the ignominy of recording the highest number of sedition cases in the country — 22 against 25 individuals in 2019. Here are a few prominent cases: Bidar school case In 2020, the Bidar police filed a sedition case against teachers, parents of Shaheen school for organising a play against CAA-NRC, in which the Prime Minister was allegedly insulted. …

India lodged more than 5,100 offences against State in 2021; 8,600 pending investigations: Government data
2 years, 4 months ago

India lodged more than 5,100 offences against State in 2021; 8,600 pending investigations: Government data

The Hindu  

India lodged 5,164 cases of offences against the State, including those under sedition, Official Secrets Act, and the Unlawful Activities Act, in 2021 with an average of 14 cases every day, according to latest government data. “Of the total such cases last year, 79.2% were registered under The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act followed by 814 cases under …

Sedition law freeze | No respite for people booked under UAPA
2 years, 7 months ago

Sedition law freeze | No respite for people booked under UAPA

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s freeze on sedition proceedings under the colonial Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code seems to have not yet made a ripple on the ground for persons who have also been charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities Act of 1967 in the same case or separately. The effect of the apex court’s May 11 order to keep …

Is This the Beginning of the End of Sedition Law in India?
2 years, 8 months ago

Is This the Beginning of the End of Sedition Law in India?

News 18  

Probably, in a first in independent India’s history, a criminal law has been put on hold by the apex court when the central government decided to review its provision. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana held in its order that “Union of India agrees with the prima facie opinion expressed by this court that the …

After Supreme Court's order on sedition, Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam seeks bail
2 years, 8 months ago

After Supreme Court's order on sedition, Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam seeks bail

India Today  

The Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking bail, a day after the Supreme court direction which asked the accused who were slapped with sedition charges to approach designated courts for bail. The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the use of the sedition law and directed the Centre and states not to register any …

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

How various countries have junked sedition law
2 years, 8 months ago

How various countries have junked sedition law

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a historical decision, put a stay on the 152-year-old sedition law under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code till the Union government reconsiders the provision. Singapore Last year, Singapore, which like India inherited colonial English law, repealed its sedition law 83 years after it was first introduced to curb local opposition to British …

India’s Supreme Court suspends all cases involving controversial colonial-era charge of ‘sedition’
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s Supreme Court suspends all cases involving controversial colonial-era charge of ‘sedition’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In a historic development, the …

India puts hold on harsh sedition law used to stifle critics
2 years, 8 months ago

India puts hold on harsh sedition law used to stifle critics

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s top court put the country’s colonial-era sedition law on hold Wednesday. “It will be appropriate not to use this provision of law till further reexamination is over,” the three-judge bench headed by India’s Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said in New Delhi. India’s sedition law, like its equivalent in other formerly British-ruled countries, offers a legal framework …

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law
2 years, 8 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 …

India top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review
2 years, 8 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, 8 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 ruling to decide fate of 13 pending sedition cases | Details
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court ruling to decide fate of 13 pending sedition cases | Details

India Today  

With the Supreme Court of India granting the Centre a day to take instructions on what can be done about pending cases and how the government will handle future cases, India Today takes you through some of the cases that are currently pending in various courts across the country. Among the sedition cases currently pending in various courts are: Lok …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 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 bench will consider today the preliminary issue of whether a reference to a larger bench is …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 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 bench will consider today the preliminary issue of whether a reference to a larger bench is …

Explained: How successive state and central governments have defended sedition law in the past
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: How successive state and central governments have defended sedition law in the past

Firstpost  

From the Aseem Trivedi case of 2012 to the Rana couple incident of 2022, different parties have used the contentious legislation and defended it, despite opposition from other corners After calling sedition a “good law” and telling the Supreme Court that there was no need to strike it down, the Centre on Monday climbed down from its previous stance, saying …

Will re-examine sedition law: Centre to Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Will re-examine sedition law: Centre to Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Just one day ahead of the hearing on whether the challenge to the constitutional validity of the sedition law should be heard by a larger five-judge Constitution Bench, the Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court it had decided to “re-examine and reconsider” the provisions of the colonial-era law, and urged the court not to go ahead …

Breaking: Will Re-examine & Reconsider Section 124A IPC: Centre Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Breaking: Will Re-examine & Reconsider Section 124A IPC: Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday through an affidavit that it has chosen to reexamine and reconsider Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises the offence of sedition. The affidavit was filed in a batch of petitions filed by journalists, activists, NGOs and political leaders challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A IPC. The Centre submitted …

Explained: India’s ‘colonial’ Sedition law - origins, govt abuse & courts’ take on it
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: India’s ‘colonial’ Sedition law - origins, govt abuse & courts’ take on it

The Hindu  

Sedition is once again the subject of debate as the Supreme Court Court is hearing pleas challenging it. The apex court had first issued a notice to the Centre in July 2021 about the challenge to the legality of Section 124A Indian Penal Code, which criminalises sedition. Drafted by British historian-politician Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1837, sedition was defined as …

How the UAPA is wrecking lives
2 years, 9 months ago

How the UAPA is wrecking lives

The Hindu  

On March 24, a Sessions Court in Delhi denied bail to Umar Khalid as part of a set of cases that have commonly come to be known as “the Delhi riots cases”. The denial of bail to Mr. Khalid highlights an equally serious problem: the broken nature of India’s criminal justice system. Shorn of legalese, the UAPA prohibits a judge …

Sedition Case: Delhi Court Proposes Day To Day Hearing Of Trial Against Sharjeel Imam In Anti-CAA Speeches Case
2 years, 10 months ago

Sedition Case: Delhi Court Proposes Day To Day Hearing Of Trial Against Sharjeel Imam In Anti-CAA Speeches Case

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Tuesday proposed day to day hearing of the trial against Sharjeel Imam in a case relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat today formally framed charges against Imam in his presence and read out and explained …

Delhi court slaps sedition and UAPA charges against Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court slaps sedition and UAPA charges against Sharjeel Imam

Op India  

Delhi’s Karkardooma court Monday slapped a fresh sedition charge against Sharjeel Imam over his provocative speeches in Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University during anti-CAA protests in Delhi on December 13, 2019, and January 16, 2020, respectively. Sharjeel Imam was arrested by Delhi Police on 28th January 2020, from Bihar over inflammatory speeches against the Citizenship Amendment Act, …

Delhi Court Frames Sedition Charge Against Sharjeel Imam In Case Concerning Anti-CAA Speeches Made At AMU, Jamia
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Court Frames Sedition Charge Against Sharjeel Imam In Case Concerning Anti-CAA Speeches Made At AMU, Jamia

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday framed charges against Sharjeel Imam in a case relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat framed charges under Sections 124A, 153A,. A Delhi Court on Monday framed charges against Sharjeel Imam in a case relating …

News Analysis | Sedition: CJI’s observations in July show SC has taken judicial notice of misuse
3 years, 1 month ago

News Analysis | Sedition: CJI’s observations in July show SC has taken judicial notice of misuse

The Hindu  

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s reply in Parliament that there is no proposal to scrap sedition from the penal code comes almost five months after Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana made scathing remarks in open court to the Government about the chilling effect of the “colonial law” which suppresses the freedoms of ordinary people. Further, the question of law regarding …

"Right To Question Govt Is The Essence Of Democracy, Sedition Law Should Be Shown The Door As Soon As Possible": Justice Deepak Gupta
3 years, 5 months ago

"Right To Question Govt Is The Essence Of Democracy, Sedition Law Should Be Shown The Door As Soon As Possible": Justice Deepak Gupta

Live Law  

"The time has come that section 124A be held as unconstitutional", said Justice Deepak Gupta on Saturday.The former Supreme Court judge was speaking at a webinar by CJAR- "Discussion On DEMOCRACY, DISSENT AND DRACONIAN LAW- Should UAPA & Sedition Have A Place In Our Statute Books?" The former Supreme Court judge was speaking at a webinar by CJAR- "Discussion On …

Delhi riots: HC seeks police reply on Tahir Hussain's plea to set aside UAPA provisions
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi riots: HC seeks police reply on Tahir Hussain's plea to set aside UAPA provisions

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the police to respond to a plea by former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, arrested in connection with the north-east Delhi riots last year, seeking to set aside UAPA provisions relating to terror activities invoked against him in the charge sheet. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice to the Centre, Delhi government and Delhi Police on …

'Anachronistic, Repressive': PUCL Moves Supreme Court Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Offence Of Sedition U/S 124A IPC
3 years, 5 months ago

'Anachronistic, Repressive': PUCL Moves Supreme Court Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Offence Of Sedition U/S 124A IPC

Live Law  

The People's Union for Civil Liberties has moved the Supreme Court challenging the offence of Sedition, punishable under Section 124-A IPC. In fact, the judgment fails to analyze the provision on following counts: Constituent Assembly Debates related to Sedition Development & interpretation of Article 19 and reasonable restrictions under Article 19 Relevancy of the provision in independent India Proximate nexus …

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27
3 years, 6 months ago

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to July 27 the hearing of the challenge to the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, to whom the bench had issued notice on the petition on April 30, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for the Union of …

UAPA: Terror and the law
3 years, 6 months ago

UAPA: Terror and the law

The Hindu  

Cataclysmic moments, even those that could have been predicted, are known to prise open the clutches of rigid unquestioning and herald significant shifts, if not change. Key features of TADA and POTA include the admissibility of confessions before police officers as evidence, a provision that not only contravenes Section 26 of the Indian Evidence Act but is an open invitation …

Kerala HC refuses to stay further proceedings in sedition case against Aisha Sultana
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala HC refuses to stay further proceedings in sedition case against Aisha Sultana

Firstpost  

A case was registered against Sultana on 9 June under Section 124-A and 153 B of IPC on the basis of a petition lodged by a political leader hailing from Kavaratti Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to stay further proceedings in the sedition case registered against Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana. Considering a plea filed by Sultana seeking …

Colonial legacy of sedition law cannot be overlooked: NIA court
3 years, 6 months ago

Colonial legacy of sedition law cannot be overlooked: NIA court

The Hindu  

A special court of the National Investigation Agency has said the colonial legacy of the sedition law cannot be overlooked while hoping that activist-MLA Akhil Gogoi’s case based on insufficient evidence would be an exception for the investigation agency that the country expects to set high standards. “This is to ensure that while enforcing this penal law by police and …

Why Supreme Court rulings have revived debate on sedition law
3 years, 7 months ago

Why Supreme Court rulings have revived debate on sedition law

India Today  

Following a series of observations and rulings by the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court this year, first in February-March and now May-June, eminent personalities from various walks of life have demanded abolition or amendment to the sedition law as it exists today in India. THE REACTION: VOICE AGAINST SEDITION LAW A day after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Telugu …

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