Sedition Case A Warning To Be Silent On Lynching, J&K: Signatories
5 years, 2 months ago

Sedition Case A Warning To Be Silent On Lynching, J&K: Signatories

The Quint  

Lynching, says Bhagwat, is being used to defame Hindus. Lynching, we say, is being used to kill human beings. The letter also raises important issues of atrocities against citizens on the basis of caste. The letter questions the misuse of religion to harass or terrorise citizens – by forcing them, for example, to say Jai Sri Ram, as if that is any measure of a good, law-abiding citizen. There are more signatories coming in even as we speak: voices from across the country, speaking in many languages, endorsing the letter.

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Let us not go by religion or caste: Supreme Court on mob lynching cases
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Let us not go by religion or caste: Supreme Court on mob lynching cases

Hindustan Times  

When it comes to mob lynching, one cannot be selective in picking up cases against any religious community or caste, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as it gave six weeks to states and union territories to spell out action taken to curb instances of lynching and hate crimes as laid down in a 2018 judgment. Supreme Court Hearing a …

INTERVIEW | Victim-centric laws to ensure swift and timely justice: Amit Shah
11 months, 3 weeks ago

INTERVIEW | Victim-centric laws to ensure swift and timely justice: Amit Shah

New Indian Express  

There are also misgivings in the legal fraternity, and not only about adjusting to the new laws and their vocabulary. But the apprehension is that the new laws will bring police raj in the country. As per the new laws, if an arrested person is not produced before a magistrate or in court within 24 hours, the police officer will …

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 …

SC seeks response from Centre, 6 states on compensation for mob lynching victims
1 year, 5 months ago

SC seeks response from Centre, 6 states on compensation for mob lynching victims

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and police chiefs of six states on a public interest litigation alleging rising incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynching against Muslims. Supreme Court of India The PIL also demanded compensation for victims in six cases reported over the past two months and raised concerns about the lynching mob violence …

Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop. The senior lawyer, appearing for the National Federation of Indian Women, highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping …

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 …

End the debate: The Hindu Editorial on the Law Commission’s recommendation on sedition
1 year, 7 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 …

'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 …

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 …

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 …

Repeal the sedition law
2 years, 8 months ago

Repeal the sedition law

Hindustan Times  

Liking a social media post; cheering a team in a cricket match; criticising government policy or leaders – these are some of the grounds on which have authorities slapped sedition charges on Indian citizens in the past five years, underlining how the stringent provision, a relic of colonial-era law-making, was increasingly being used as a tool by governments of various …

SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'
2 years, 8 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 …

"Misguided One Community With Resentment, Hatred Towards Others:": Delhi Court On Framing Sedition Charges Against Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 11 months ago

"Misguided One Community With Resentment, Hatred Towards Others:": Delhi Court On Framing Sedition Charges Against Sharjeel Imam

Live Law  

"Prima facie, the religious groups are sought to be divided on emotive issues and one community is sought to be guided in a particular way of resentment, ill­will and hatred towards others which can then be remedied by a plan of action which will result in violence," said a Delhi Court while framing sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam. The Court …

"Misguided One Community With Resentment, Hatred Towards Others:": Delhi Court On Framing Sedition Charges Against Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 11 months ago

"Misguided One Community With Resentment, Hatred Towards Others:": Delhi Court On Framing Sedition Charges Against Sharjeel Imam

Live Law  

"Prima facie, the religious groups are sought to be divided on emotive issues and one community is sought to be guided in a particular way of resentment, ill­will and hatred towards others which can then be remedied by a plan of action which will result in violence," said a Delhi Court while framing sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam. The Court …

AASU leader’s Lynching Death in Assam Expedites Need for an Anti-Lynching Act
3 years, 1 month ago

AASU leader’s Lynching Death in Assam Expedites Need for an Anti-Lynching Act

News 18  

While many cheering over the ‘accidental death’ of the Jorhat mob lynching accused in police custody, the latest incident of mob violence in Assam has once again raised the context of the Anti-Lynching Act, especially for Assam. Notably, Manipur passed an Anti-Lynching Act soon after Supreme Court’s direction in 2018 and Assam which frequently remains in the headline for mob …

Overdue review: The Hindu Editorial on the sedition law
3 years, 5 months ago

Overdue review: The Hindu Editorial on the sedition law

The Hindu  

It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the Indian Penal Code, has raised the question most relevant to the issue: “ Why does Section 124A continue in the statute book even after 75 years of independence? The issues flagged by the Chief Justice of India may set the …

SC terms sedition law British colonial legacy, asks Centre why retain it
3 years, 5 months ago

SC terms sedition law British colonial legacy, asks Centre why retain it

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why does the sedition law, which was used by British colonial masters to suppress the freedom movement and freedom fighters, including Mahatma Gandhi and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, continues to exist 75 years after Independence as it expressed concern over its widespread misuse and lack of accountability of the government that …

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27
3 years, 5 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 …

Sedition law an affront to democracy; both public debate, judicial intervention crucial to remove provision
3 years, 7 months ago

Sedition law an affront to democracy; both public debate, judicial intervention crucial to remove provision

Firstpost  

There is a substantial case to be made for taking section 124 or sedition law out of the IPC, given that it has no relevance in a democracy and plenty of scope for misuse A Supreme Court bench quashed sedition charges against veteran journalist Vinod Dua on 3 June, ruling that his criticism of the Union government’s handling of the …

SC to Examine Validity of Sedition Law After PIL Calls it Unconstitutional, Seeks Centre's Response
3 years, 8 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, 8 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 …

Disagreeing with govt is not sedition, says SC
3 years, 10 months ago

Disagreeing with govt is not sedition, says SC

Hindustan Times  

It is not seditious to have views different from the government, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it junked a petition that sought action against former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah for his comments on the scrapping of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state into two Union territories. The word “sedition” disappeared from the Constitution …

A colonial relic: The Hindu Editorial on need to scrap sedition law
3 years, 10 months ago

A colonial relic: The Hindu Editorial on need to scrap sedition law

The Hindu  

A sessions court in Delhi has affirmed the belief that a dispassionate scrutiny of outlandish claims by the police is necessary for protecting the liberty of those jailed on flimsy, often political, reasons. Rejecting the purported evidence presented by the Delhi Police against climate change activist Disha Ravi, as “scanty and sketchy”, Judge Dharmender Rana has granted bail to the …

"Section 124A IPC Is A Threat To Fundamental Rights" : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges The Constitutional Validity Of Sedition Law
3 years, 11 months 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 …

Palghar Lynching Case has Exposed Deadly Cocktail of Communal Poison, Fake News & Mob Culture in India
4 years, 8 months ago

Palghar Lynching Case has Exposed Deadly Cocktail of Communal Poison, Fake News & Mob Culture in India

News 18  

The lynching of two sadhus and their driver in Maharashtra's Palghar area this month proves that everyone is equal in the eyes of a paranoid person. People don't wish to wait for the legal procedure as they think that the culprits deserve instant justice due to trust deficit in social relations and more so in institutions. The brutal killing of …

SC Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Guidelines For Registration Of Sedition FIRs In The Wake Of Bidar School Case
4 years, 10 months 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 …

How the sedition law has become a weapon to muzzle dissent
4 years, 10 months ago

How the sedition law has become a weapon to muzzle dissent

India Today  

A week is fast becoming a long time without a sedition case being slapped on one pretext or another on Indian citizens. Although the sedition law, Section 124A, is an archaic one enshrined in the antiquated Indian Penal Code, the National Crime Records Bureau began recording data on this only in 2014. "Neither the sedition law, much less any other …

It is time for India and Pakistan to repeal their sedition laws
4 years, 10 months ago

It is time for India and Pakistan to repeal their sedition laws

Al Jazeera  

The laws that were created by the British Raj are still being used to stifle dissent on the Indian subcontinent. In December 2019, Pakistan’s government charged hundreds of people with sedition for taking part in the countrywide Students Solidarity March, which called for the restoration of student unions among other demands. A day later, police arrested and charged with sedition …

Does sedition case stand against Sharjeel Imam: Legal experts weigh in
4 years, 11 months ago

Does sedition case stand against Sharjeel Imam: Legal experts weigh in

India Today  

A day after activist Sharjeel Imam was booked on the charges of sedition and inciting enmity between communities for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches against the amended Citizenship Act and the National Register of Citizens, two more cases were filed against the JNU student on Monday. India Today TV spoke with some legal experts about sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam for …

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reading of lynching incidents flies in the face of reason, belies reality
5 years, 2 months ago

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reading of lynching incidents flies in the face of reason, belies reality

Firstpost  

The comments of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on lynching in his RSS Foundation Day speech in Nagpur marking the occasion of Dussehra have drawn attention and a great deal of criticism. If such incidents happen, “the guilty should be punished according to law, without looking at who’s ours and who’s not”, Bhagwat added. Bhagwat took offence to the …

'More of us will speak every day': Cultural community deplores FIR against 49 celebs who wrote to Modi condemning 'lynchings'
5 years, 3 months ago

'More of us will speak every day': Cultural community deplores FIR against 49 celebs who wrote to Modi condemning 'lynchings'

Firstpost  

Over 180 members of the cultural community, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, cinematographer Anand Pradhan, historian Romila Thapar and activist Harsh Mander among others, condemned the FIR lodged against 49 celebrities for an open letter they wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Mumbai: Over 180 members of the cultural community, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, cinematographer Anand Pradhan, historian Romila Thapar and …

Activists, theatre artists in Jaipur protest over sedition case against 49 celebrities for open letter to Narendra Modi
5 years, 3 months ago

Activists, theatre artists in Jaipur protest over sedition case against 49 celebrities for open letter to Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

Activists condemned the filing of the sedition case against celebrities like Aparna Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap and Revathi Jaipur: Activists, theatre artists and filmmakers staged a protest in the Pink city on Monday over registration of a sedition case against 49 celebrities after they had expressed concern over rising incidents of mob lynching in an …

49 celebs face sedition charge for letter to PM Modi on lynching
5 years, 3 months ago

49 celebs face sedition charge for letter to PM Modi on lynching

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: An FIR has been lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur against 49 prominent personalities, including writer Ramchandra Guha, actor Aparna Sen and director Adoor Gopalakrishnan for writing an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raising concerns over incidents of mob lynching in the country. The CJM court passed the order while hearing a petition filed by social activist and …

‘Pure Harassment’: Aparna Sen, Benegal React to Sedition Charges
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Pure Harassment’: Aparna Sen, Benegal React to Sedition Charges

The Quint  

Filmmakers Aparna Sen, Shyam Benegal and Adoor Gopalakrishnan have expressed disappointment after a Muzaffarpur court ordered an FIR for sedition to be lodged against them and the other celebrities who wrote an open letter to PM Modi regarding the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said. The case was lodged after Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwari passed an order …

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