Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Validity Of BNS & BNSS Provisions, Says 'Sedition' Reintroduced & Police Custody Powers Enhanced
4 months, 1 week ago

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Validity Of BNS & BNSS Provisions, Says 'Sedition' Reintroduced & Police Custody Powers Enhanced

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the various provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 with effect from July 1,The petition challenges the following provisions of BNS and BNSS.- Sections. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the various provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 with effect from July 1, The petition challenges the following provisions of BNS and BNSS. - Section 152 BNS – The petitioner argues that this provision reintroduces the offence of Sedition as contained under Section 124A of the IPC which has been kept in abeyance since the SC's order dt. Last month, Mannargudi Bar Association had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging certain provisions of the BNSS.

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Trial Courts Must Be Cautious While Granting Permission To IO For Invoking Charges On Organised Crime U/S 111 BNS Against Accused: Karnataka HC
1 week, 5 days ago

Trial Courts Must Be Cautious While Granting Permission To IO For Invoking Charges On Organised Crime U/S 111 BNS Against Accused: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that trial courts are required to be more cautious while permitting the Investigation Officer to invoke the offence punishable under Section 111 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023. The application/requisition of the Investigation Officer seeking permission of the Court to invoke Section 111 of BNS, 2023, shall be accompanied with necessary documents/materials which would prima-facie …

Provisions Of S.47(1) Of BNSS Are Mandatory, Violation Will Render Arrest & Subsequent Detention Invalid: Andhra Pradesh High Court
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Provisions Of S.47(1) Of BNSS Are Mandatory, Violation Will Render Arrest & Subsequent Detention Invalid: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the provisions of Section 47 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita are mandatory and peremptory, and a violation of this provision can only result in a declaration that the arrest and subsequent detention are invalid. The petitioner had approached the High Court contending that the remand of the detenue by the Magistrate was …

Writ Petition For Quashing Of FIR Can't Serve As Substitute For Availing Remedies Under BNSS: Delhi High Court
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Writ Petition For Quashing Of FIR Can't Serve As Substitute For Availing Remedies Under BNSS: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that a writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking quashing of an FIR cannot serve as a substitute for availing remedies specifically provided under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for securing personal liberty.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while dismissing a plea moved by an accused in an. …

S. 379 BNSS | Court Not Bound To Hold Preliminary Inquiry Before Making Or Refusing To Make Complaint: Orissa High Court
4 weeks ago

S. 379 BNSS | Court Not Bound To Hold Preliminary Inquiry Before Making Or Refusing To Make Complaint: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has held that it is not mandatory on the part of Court to hold a preliminary inquiry as provided under Section 379 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita into commission of offences referred to in Section 215, BNSS in order to make or reject to make complaint. In order to decide maintainability of the petition, the …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest – January 2025
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest – January 2025

Live Law  

Supreme Court: Plea In Supreme Court Challenges BSA's Electronic Evidence & Confession Provisions And BNS Sections Case Title: Vinod Kumar Boinapally Versus Union Of India And Ors., W.P. S.187 BNSS | Supreme Court Affirms HC Judgment That Police Custody Must Be Within First 40 Days For Offences Punishable Upto 10 Yrs Imprisonment Case : Hyder Ali v.State of Karnataka The …

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges BSA's Electronic Evidence & Confession Provisions And BNS Sections
2 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges BSA's Electronic Evidence & Confession Provisions And BNS Sections

Live Law  

Former MP Vinod Kumar Boinapally has moved the Supreme Court challenging certain provisions of the BNS and the BSA, which replaced the erstwhile penal laws viz. The other challenges Sections 61-63, second proviso to Section 22, explanation to Section 24, and first proviso to Section 168 of the Bharatiya Sakshaya Adhiniyam. With respect to the impugned provisions of BNS, the …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Digest 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Digest 2024

Live Law  

Supreme Court: Jail Superintendents Should Make Special Efforts To Identify Women Prisoners Eligible For Release U/s. However, the wording of section 531 of the BNSS is amenable to a possible interpretation that if an appeal is pending before the coming into force of the BNSS, only then would such appeal be continued under the Cr.P.C.” BNSS Heralds A 'Transformative Era' …

Section 152 of BNS should not become a proxy for sedition
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Section 152 of BNS should not become a proxy for sedition

The Hindu  

The Rajasthan High Court, in Tejender Pal Singh v. State of Rajasthan, cautioned against using Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as a tool to stifle legitimate dissent. Problems with Section 152 First, Section 152 BNS criminalises ‘acts endangering the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India.’ However, what constitutes such endangerment under Section 152 has not been defined in …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) & Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: December 2024
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) & Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: December 2024

Live Law  

Bombay High Court: Advocate Casting Aspersions On Woman's Character Upon Instructions From Client Is Discharging His Duty, Not Insulting Her Modesty: Bombay HC Case Title: Ratnadeep Ram Patil vs State of Maharashtra Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 634 The Bombay High Court recently held that an advocate, when casts aspersions upon a woman's character, on instructions from his client, is basically discharging …

New law repackaged sedition, should not be used to stifle dissent: High Court
3 months, 1 week 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 …

[S.152 BNS] Sedition Law Is A Shield For National Security, Not A Sword Against Political Dissent: Rajasthan High Court
3 months, 1 week 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

SC agrees to hear plea against FIR under UP Gangsters Act
3 months, 4 weeks ago

SC agrees to hear plea against FIR under UP Gangsters Act

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dismissed an application seeking quashing of a chargesheet and proceedings under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities Act. The petitioner, represented by senior Advocate Gaurav Agarwal and advocate Tanvi Dubey, argued that the FIR lodged against him under the UP Gangsters …

Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Validity Of BNS & BNSS Provisions On December 18
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Validity Of BNS & BNSS Provisions On December 18

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed that the writ petitions challenging provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 will now be comprehensively heard on December 18. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing two writ petitions filed by the Mannargudi Bar Association and Azad Singh Kataria, a retired BSF Commandant. Whereas, in the retired BSF Commandant's …

S.233 BNSS | Subsequent FIR On Same Allegations Not Barred But Magistrate Shall Stay Further Proceedings In Pending Complaint: Rajasthan HC
4 months ago

S.233 BNSS | Subsequent FIR On Same Allegations Not Barred But Magistrate Shall Stay Further Proceedings In Pending Complaint: Rajasthan HC

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that Section 233 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 leaves no doubt that even if complaint proceedings are already undergoing in relation to particular allegations and facts, and the police officials receive a report/compliant on the same set of facts, they are not barred from registering an FIR on those facts. The bench of …

Delhi HC To Examine Retrospective Applicability Of S.223 BNSS On Opportunity Of Hearing To Accused In ED's Complaint Filed Post-Enactment
4 months ago

Delhi HC To Examine Retrospective Applicability Of S.223 BNSS On Opportunity Of Hearing To Accused In ED's Complaint Filed Post-Enactment

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court will hear a plea on the issue of retrospective application of Section 223 of the BNSS 2023 in a case where the Enforcement Directorate registered the Enforcement Case Information Report prior to the law's enactment but the Prosecution Complaint was filed and trial court took cognizance on it after the law came into force. The plea …

Whether All Criminal Pleas Filed After 1st July 2024 Will Be Governed By BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Whether All Criminal Pleas Filed After 1st July 2024 Will Be Governed By BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has referred the issue of applicability of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to a larger bench.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar disagreed with the opinion in Axxx v. UT Chandigarh where Justice Sumeet Goel had held that if a FIR is lodged under IPC but the application or petition in relation to it is filed …

Plea in Supreme Court to stay implementation of new criminal laws
9 months ago

Plea in Supreme Court to stay implementation of new criminal laws

The Hindu  

A petition was moved in the Supreme Court on June 27 seeking a stay on the implementation and operation of three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, scheduled to come into effect from July 1. The writ petition filed by Anjale Patel and Chhaya Mishra, represented by advocates Sanjeev …

Supreme Court defers sedition plea hearing
1 year, 6 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, 6 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 …

SC Refers Sedition Law Validity Case to Larger Bench
1 year, 6 months ago

SC Refers Sedition Law Validity Case to Larger Bench

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the case regarding the Constitutional validity of sedition law to a larger bench. On August 11, in a landmark move to overhaul colonial-era criminal laws, the Centre had introduced in the Lok Sabha three bills to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act, proposing among other things the repeal of sedition law …

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.
1 year, 7 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 …

Sedition: Centre tells Supreme Court government likely to re-cast colonial-era law
1 year, 10 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 …

SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
2 years, 2 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
2 years, 2 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, 5 months 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, …

Plea in SC Challenges Validity of Certain Sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act
2 years, 9 months ago

Plea in SC Challenges Validity of Certain Sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act

News 18  

A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, alleging that the Centre has arbitrarily created an irrational retrospective cut-off date and declared that the character of places of worship shall be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947. impugned Act, Centre has arbitrarily created …

SC takes note of Centre's positive suggestions, expects no person will file FIR for sedition
2 years, 10 months ago

SC takes note of Centre's positive suggestions, expects no person will file FIR for sedition

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold the colonial-era sedition law till the Centre completes its review of the contentious law. While the opposition targeted the Modi government over the apex court's decision saying that the SC has stayed the provisions of sedition, a closer look at the order reveals that the top court took note of the Centre's …

SC puts sedition law on hold, asks Centre, states to refrain from filing FIRs | Read what court said
2 years, 10 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 …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

Will re-examine sedition law: Centre to Supreme Court
2 years, 10 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, 10 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 …

SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'
2 years, 11 months ago

SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'

Firstpost  

The Apex court last year had asked the Centre why it was not repealing the colonial-era law used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi to suppress the freedom movement, as it expressed concern over the misuse of the provision A Supreme Court bench is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity …

'Anachronistic, Repressive': PUCL Moves Supreme Court Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Offence Of Sedition U/S 124A IPC
3 years, 8 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 …

Sedition : Army Veteran Moves Supreme Court Challenging Section 124A IPC; Plea To Be Heard Tomorrow
3 years, 8 months ago

Sedition : Army Veteran Moves Supreme Court Challenging Section 124A IPC; Plea To Be Heard Tomorrow

Live Law  

Army veteran Major-General SG Vombatkere has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for being 'vague' and creating a 'chilling effect on free speech'. The plea, filed on behalf of Major-General SG Vombatkere through Advocate Prasanna S, submits that Section 124A of the IPC is ultra vires …

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27
3 years, 8 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 …

SC to Examine Validity of Sedition Law After PIL Calls it Unconstitutional, Seeks Centre's Response
3 years, 10 months ago

SC to Examine Validity of Sedition Law After PIL Calls it Unconstitutional, Seeks Centre's Response

News 18  

The Supreme Court Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of sedition law. A bench Justice U U Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice KM Joseph were hearing a plea challenging section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which penalises the crime of sedition. The petition also argued that the vagueness of Section …

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea challenging sedition law
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea challenging sedition law

India Today  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging the legal validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code that deals with the offence of sedition. The sedition law has been challenged by two journalists -- Kishorechandra Wangkhemcha from Manipur and Kanhaiya Lal Shukla from Chhattisgarh -- on the grounds that the law violates the fundamental right of …

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Colonial Era Provision of Sedition, Says No Cause of Action
4 years, 1 month ago

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Colonial Era Provision of Sedition, Says No Cause of Action

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea which challenged the Constitutional validity of colonial era provision of sedition under the Indian Penal Code, on the ground that it is being used to stifle freedom of speech and expression of citizens. The plea filed by three advocates Aditya Ranjan, Varun Thakur, V Elanchezhiyan said that section 124-A of IPC, the provision …

"Section 124A IPC Is A Threat To Fundamental Rights" : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges The Constitutional Validity Of Sedition Law
4 years, 1 month ago

"Section 124A IPC Is A Threat To Fundamental Rights" : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges The Constitutional Validity Of Sedition Law

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court urging it to declare the law against Sedition under section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code as ultra-vires the Constitution of India. The petitioners, Advocates Aditya Ranjan, Varun Thakur and V. Elenchezhiyan, have filed the plea being aggrieved by the increased chilling effect of blatant misuse of section 124-A of IPC …

"We Have Serious Reservations About Invoking Sedition Charges Against Kangana Ranaut and Her Sister": Bombay High Court
4 years, 2 months ago

"We Have Serious Reservations About Invoking Sedition Charges Against Kangana Ranaut and Her Sister": Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday extended the interim relief of no coercive action against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel till January 25 in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges. The FIR, under sedition charges and for allegedly "trying to create hatred and communal tension" through their posts on social media, …

SC Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Guidelines For Registration Of Sedition FIRs In The Wake Of Bidar School Case
5 years ago

SC Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Guidelines For Registration Of Sedition FIRs In The Wake Of Bidar School Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation petition, which sought guidelines for registration of criminal cases for sedition under Section 124A Indian Penal Code.The petition was filed by activist Yogita Bhayana, in the wake of recurring instances of sedition FIRs, particularly the recent case registered against the headmistress and parent of a student. The Supreme …

Centre Files Review Plea Against Judgment Which "Diluted" SC/ST Act
6 years, 11 months ago

Centre Files Review Plea Against Judgment Which "Diluted" SC/ST Act

Live Law  

The Centre today filed in the Supreme Court a review petition against the March 20 judgment of a two-judge bench which 'diluted" the SC/ST Act by laying down stringent ‘safeguards’ before registering a case under it and banned automatic arrests.Sources said the petition filed by the Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment argues that the March 20 judgment. The Centre …

SC notice to Gujarat Govt. on Hardik Patel’s fresh plea against Sedition Charges
9 years, 3 months ago

SC notice to Gujarat Govt. on Hardik Patel’s fresh plea against Sedition Charges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice to Gujarat government on a fresh petition filed by Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel against High Court order refusing to quash sedition charge against him for allegedly attacking places like police stations in the state.Justices J S Khehar and R F Nariman posted the appeal for hearing on January 5 with another plea …

SC notice to Gujarat Govt. on Hardik Patel’s fresh plea against Sedition Charges
9 years, 3 months ago

SC notice to Gujarat Govt. on Hardik Patel’s fresh plea against Sedition Charges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice to Gujarat government on a fresh petition filed by Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel against High Court order refusing to quash sedition charge against him for allegedly attacking places like police stations in the state.Justices J S Khehar and R F Nariman posted the appeal for hearing on January 5 with another plea …

SC admits plea against criminal defamation
9 years, 8 months ago

SC admits plea against criminal defamation

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the government's response on a plea filed by a media professionals’ organisation challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions including penal laws on defamation. The court is already hearing similar pleas of political leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Subramanian Swamy and Arvind Kejriwal. They have challenged the validity of sections 499 and 500 of the …

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