SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'
2 years, 7 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 of the sedition law. The Apex court last year had asked the Centre why it was not repealing the provision used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi to suppress the freedom movement as it expressed concern over the misuse of the colonial-era penal law. Section 124A IPC states: “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 a fine may be added; or, with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which a fine may be added; or, with fine.” Introduced by the British in 1870, the sedition law was almost dropped from the Constitution in 1948 after discussions of the Constituent Assembly. In September, 2019, Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta had observed,“The manner in which the provisions of Section 124A are being misused, begs the question as to whether we should have a re-look at it.” “The law of sedition is more often abused and misused.

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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 …

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

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches
6 months, 1 week 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 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 …

Man Accused Of Raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' Slogan Moves P&H High Court Against Session Court's Order Framing Sedition Charges
1 year ago

Man Accused Of Raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' Slogan Moves P&H High Court Against Session Court's Order Framing Sedition Charges

Live Law  

A man has moved the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging an order of the Sessions Court framing charges against him under Section 124A IPC over the allegations that he used 'filthy language' against India and raised Pakistan Zindabad slogan.After the video of the alleged incident went viral, the police registered the FIR under Sections 153A,124A, 504 IPC and arrested. …

Sharjeel Imam hearing: Delhi court issues summons to DCP
1 year 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 …

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 …

SC Refers Sedition Law Validity Case to Larger Bench
1 year, 3 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 …

Supreme Court Refers Sedition Law Challenge To Larger Bench
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Refers Sedition Law Challenge To Larger Bench

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the petitions challenging the sedition law to a bench of at least 5-judges.A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that a reference to a larger bench was needed as the provision was upheld by a 5-judge bench in the 1962 judgment Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar. A …

Sedition Law Honeytrapped DRDO Scientist Pradeep Kurulkar Sanjay Raut Was Sedition Removed To Govt Centre
1 year, 4 months ago

Sedition Law Honeytrapped DRDO Scientist Pradeep Kurulkar Sanjay Raut Was Sedition Removed To Govt Centre

ABP News  

Shiv Sena leader Sanya Raut on Saturday took a jibe at the Centre over the proposal to end the Sedition law. Raut referred to the DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar and said that he is a hardcore 'RSS worker' and that the Centre did not invoke sedition law against him. This comes a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled …

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 …

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 …

Law Commission’s Report on Sedition Ignores Free Speech Law and Indian Colonial History
1 year, 6 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, 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 …

End the debate: The Hindu Editorial on the Law Commission’s recommendation on sedition
1 year, 6 months ago

End the debate: The Hindu Editorial on the Law Commission’s recommendation on sedition

The Hindu  

The Law Commission’s recommendation that the offence of sedition be retained in penal law, albeit with some safeguards, flies in the face of current judicial and political thinking that the country may not need this colonial vestige any more. Section 124A of the IPC, which describes sedition, seeks to punish speech or writing that brings or tries to bring into …

Sedition — illogical equation of government with state
1 year, 6 months ago

Sedition — illogical equation of government with state

The Hindu  

In its 279th Report, the Law Commission of India has recommended the retention of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which contains the Law of Sedition. The offence is in bringing or attempting to bring in hatred or contempt or exciting or attempting to excite disaffection towards the government established by law. The first major case was Queen Empress …

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. …

Sedition law mustn’t trump basic rights
1 year, 6 months ago

Sedition law mustn’t trump basic rights

Hindustan Times  

Among the slew of colonial-era statutes that survive in India’s criminal law books today, sedition is among the most controversial. In a historic order last year, the Supreme Court hit pause on the provision, ruling that the law was not in sync with the social milieu. Last week, however, the Law Commission recommended that the 153-year-old colonial law be retained, …

India's History With Sedition Law Explained as Law Commission Backs Stricter Provision
1 year, 6 months ago

India's History With Sedition Law Explained as Law Commission Backs Stricter Provision

News 18  

In a very significant move last year in May, the Supreme Court of India put the 152-year old sedition law, defined under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, into abeyance till the Union Government reconsiders the provision. “Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into …

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 …

HC seeks police stand on Sharjeel Imam’s plea against addition of sedition charge
1 year, 6 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 …

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 …

Law Commission backs sedition law, says 'India's ground reality different'
1 year, 6 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 …

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, …

Sedition and its roots in rudeness as an offence
1 year, 6 months ago

Sedition and its roots in rudeness as an offence

The Hindu  

On March 30, the Lahore High Court annulled the offence of ‘sedition’ in the Pakistan Penal code. It would seem that while constitutional courts are examining the validity of the law of sedition, its defining logic has already leaped forward and transplanted itself into several different provisions of law that criminalise speech. The practice of prosecuting speech offences borrows from …

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 …

Delhi High Court to Hear Sharjeel Imam's Plea for Bail in Sedition Case on Monday
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court to Hear Sharjeel Imam's Plea for Bail in Sedition Case on Monday

News 18  

The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam seeking bail in connection with a 2020 riots case involving allegations of sedition. The case, which assails a January 24, 2022 order by the trial court dismissing Imam’s bail application in the matter, is listed for hearing before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and …

Watch| 'Sedition case...': BJP's Giriraj Singh attacks Rahul Gandhi for Cambridge University comments
1 year, 9 months ago

Watch| 'Sedition case...': BJP's Giriraj Singh attacks Rahul Gandhi for Cambridge University comments

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday demanded a sedition case be filed against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly insulting the Parliament and India's democracy during his visit to the United Kingdom earlier this month. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader's demand echoed those by his colleagues today as the second half of the Budget session kickstarted with ruling BJP upping pressure on …

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 …

Order putting sedition law on hold to continue; SC grants time to Centre
2 years, 1 month ago

Order putting sedition law on hold to continue; SC grants time to Centre

The Hindu  

An interim order putting on hold the contentious sedition law and the consequential registration of FIRs will continue as the Supreme Court granted additional time to the Centre on Monday to take "appropriate steps" with regard to the reviewing of the colonial-era provision. A bench of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi …

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, …

Delhi court grants bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi court grants bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case

Live Mint  

Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam has been granted bail by a Delhi court on Friday in a sedition case in which he was accused of instigating the Jamia riots in 2019. Imam, who is in judicial custody since January 2020 at present, will continue to remain in jail because he is yet to secure bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy …

Rise of sedition cases in Karnataka
2 years, 3 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. …

HC seeks Delhi Police’s stand on interim bail plea of Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 4 months ago

HC seeks Delhi Police’s stand on interim bail plea of Sharjeel Imam

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Delhi police to respond to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s plea seeking interim bail in a 2020 riots case involving allegations of sedition. A Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal gave the order on Mr. Imam’s appeal against a trial court order of July 23 refusing to release him …

Sedition Case: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Sharjeel Imam's Plea Seeking Interim Bail, Status Report Sought
2 years, 4 months ago

Sedition Case: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Sharjeel Imam's Plea Seeking Interim Bail, Status Report Sought

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the interim bail plea filed by Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.A Trial Court on Saturday last week rejected Imam's interim bail plea which was filed in view …

‘Everyone is self-censoring’: Vrinda Grover
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Everyone is self-censoring’: Vrinda Grover

The Hindu  

Supreme Court lawyer Vrinda Grover has been associated with cases that champion human rights and women’s rights — from representing rape victims of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots to victims of religion-driven hate crimes. Currently, Grover is representing one of the petitions filed in the Supreme Court by journalists Patricia Mukhim and Anuradha Bhasin, asking for the sedition law to be …

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 …

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