13 booked for sedition in connection with sloganeering inside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, says police
2 years, 9 months ago

13 booked for sedition in connection with sloganeering inside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, says police

Firstpost  

Srinagar: Thirteen people have been arrested and booked for sedition in connection with the “anti-national” sloganeering inside the famous Jamia Masjid here, police said on Saturday. The accused had received instructions from Pakistani handlers of terror outfits to disrupt Friday prayers and create a law and order situation by provoking people, Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar Rakesh Balwal said. “Eleven more accused were subsequently arrested in this case who were involved in the sloganeering and hooliganism inside the Jamia Masjid and at the gate, the SSP said. The accused in furtherance of a well-planned conspiracy had received instructions from Pakistani handlers of terror outfits to disrupt Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid and create law and order situation by provoking the attendees, the SSP said.

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Six locals held for inciting sectarian unrest in Srinagar: J&K Police
10 hours, 29 minutes ago

Six locals held for inciting sectarian unrest in Srinagar: J&K Police

The Hindu  

The J&K Police on Wednesday said six locals had been arrested in Srinagar for inciting sectarian unrest with “derogatory remarks”. “Six miscreants have been charged under Sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS and have been detained at the Central Jail, Srinagar, for inciting sectarian unrest through derogatory remarks,” a police spokesperson said. The police action followed a video of …

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 …

Srinagar: Police conduct raids against suspects spreading malicious, seditious propaganda
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Srinagar: Police conduct raids against suspects spreading malicious, seditious propaganda

India TV News  

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said it conducted raids at multiple locations in the city as part of investigations against suspects allegedly involved in spreading malicious and seditious propaganda aimed at provoking people into unlawful and violent activities. The investigation is underway against some individuals, who at the behest of adversaries and in criminal conspiracy with others, were found prima facia …

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 …

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 …

68 held in Jamshedpur for clashes over ‘religious flag desecrated’ rumour
1 year, 9 months ago

68 held in Jamshedpur for clashes over ‘religious flag desecrated’ rumour

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 70 people, including Bharatiya Janata Party leader Abhay Singh, were arrested in Jamshedpur on Monday in connection with the violence that erupted over rumours about desecration of a religious flag on Sunday, police said. The violence in Shastri Nagar area erupted late on Sunday after two groups clashed with one another over alleged desecration of the religious flag on …

Jamia Nagar violence: HC seeks stand of Sharjeel Imam, others on police challenge to discharge
1 year, 11 months ago

Jamia Nagar violence: HC seeks stand of Sharjeel Imam, others on police challenge to discharge

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of student activists Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha and others on the city police's challenge to a trial court order discharging them in a 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case. The trial court had in its February 4 order discharged 11 people, including Imam and Tanha, while holding that they were made …

Delhi court grants bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case
2 years, 3 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, 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. …

What does sedition law have to do with Pasoori?
2 years, 8 months ago

What does sedition law have to do with Pasoori?

Deccan Chronicle  

Samjho ki sedition law gaya! No matter what squeaky noises are made by India’s law minister, the articulate and cute Kiren Rijuju, about some vaguely defined “lakshman rekha”, as of now, the citizens of India have won a major victory, thanks to the learned and wise Supreme Court judges who have installed an unambiguous protective apparatus, pending the Centre’s review. …

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 …

Anti-CAA protest: Delhi court frames sedition charge against Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-CAA protest: Delhi court frames sedition charge against Sharjeel Imam

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Monday framed charges under sedition against JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made by him during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in 2019. “Charges are being framed under sections 124, 153A, 153B, 505 of Indian Penal Code, and Section 13 of UAPA,” Additional …

Anti-CAA Protest: Delhi Court Frames Sedition Charge Against Sharjeel Imam
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-CAA Protest: Delhi Court Frames Sedition Charge Against Sharjeel Imam

News 18  

A Delhi court on Monday framed charges under sedition against JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made by him during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in 2019. Charges are being framed under sections 124, 153A, 153B, 505 of Indian Penal Code, and Section 13 of UAPA, Additional …

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 …

Delhi HC asks police to respond to JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition case
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi HC asks police to respond to JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on December 1 asked the police to reply on a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a sedition case for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech and inciting violence during the CAA-NRC protests in 2019. Imam, represented through senior advocate Sanjay R. Hegde, challenged a trial court’s October 22 order by which his bail plea …

UP: Kashmiri students held over pro-Pak slogans booked for sedition, sent to 14-day judicial custody
3 years, 2 months ago

UP: Kashmiri students held over pro-Pak slogans booked for sedition, sent to 14-day judicial custody

India TV News  

Three Kashmiri students arrested in Agra for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans were on Thursday booked for sedition, Uttar Pradesh Police officials said. The three students, two of them aged 20 and one 21, were also remanded in 14-day judicial custody by an Agra court, the officials said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier in the day had said the …

Kashmiri students held over pro-Pakistan slogans in UP booked for sedition, sent to 14-day judicial custody
3 years, 2 months ago

Kashmiri students held over pro-Pakistan slogans in UP booked for sedition, sent to 14-day judicial custody

Firstpost  

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath earlier in the day had said the sedition law will be invoked against those celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the recent T20 World Cup match Noida: Three Kashmiri students arrested in Agra for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans were on Thursday booked for sedition, Uttar Pradesh Police officials said. The three students, two of …

Seven held for sedition over ‘anti-national’ slogans in Ujjain
3 years, 4 months ago

Seven held for sedition over ‘anti-national’ slogans in Ujjain

Hindustan Times  

As many as seven people have been arrested in Ujjain for allegedly shouting “anti-national” slogans during a Muharram procession on Thursday night, police said on Friday, adding that a total of 14 people have been booked under sedition charges. An FIR in the case was registered on Friday against the accused, all residents of Geeta Colony in the city, under …

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 …

2016 JNU Sedition Case: Delhi Court Orders Supply Of Chargesheet To Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid And Ors
3 years, 10 months ago

2016 JNU Sedition Case: Delhi Court Orders Supply Of Chargesheet To Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid And Ors

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday granted bail to all the accused persons in the 2016 JNU Sedition case involving former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya along with other 7 co accused persons who were summoned by the Court last month. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma granted bail to 7 accused persons namely Aquib Hussain, Mujeeb …

JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
3 years, 10 months ago

JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others

Hindustan Times  

A court here has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a 2016 sedition case and summoned them on March 15. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma on Monday took the cognisance of the final report almost a year after the Delhi Police received …

"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 …

Bombay HC Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made 'Scapegoats'; Quashes FIRs Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda [Read Judgment]
4 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made 'Scapegoats'; Quashes FIRs Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a strongly-worded judgment, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs filed against a total of 29 foreign nationals who were booked under various provisions of IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act, Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act and Foreigner's Act for allegedly violating their Tourist Visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in. In a strongly-worded …

Open Letter Invokes Art 19, Misuse of Sedition Law & Delhi Riots
4 years, 6 months ago

Open Letter Invokes Art 19, Misuse of Sedition Law & Delhi Riots

The Quint  

Referring to what happened in Karnataka, it added: “When, as happened in Karnataka, in consequence of a school play critical of the CAA a primary school teacher and the mother of a student are charged with sedition and two young children aged 9 and 10 are questioned by police over many days, this becomes a theatre of the absurd. The …

SC refuses to stay prosecution on Sharjeel Imam's sedition cases
4 years, 6 months ago

SC refuses to stay prosecution on Sharjeel Imam's sedition cases

Op India  

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the prosecution on sedition cases filed against radical Islamist, Sharjeel Imam, in 5 States clarifying that the plea before it is only for consolidation of FIRs. The apex court two-member bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and V Ramasubramanian was hearing a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam seeking to club all FIRs filed …

Facing criminal charges in several states, Sharjeel Imam seeks clubbing of all FIRs against him
4 years, 7 months ago

Facing criminal charges in several states, Sharjeel Imam seeks clubbing of all FIRs against him

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta had reportedly sought more time during the hearing of a petition filed by radical Islamist and sedition-accused Sharjeel Imam before the Supreme Court of India. Solicitor General Mehta also stated that the apex court should issues notices to the States of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh, all the states …

Anti-CAA protests | Sharjeel Imam chargesheeted for giving seditious speech, says police
4 years, 8 months ago

Anti-CAA protests | Sharjeel Imam chargesheeted for giving seditious speech, says police

The Hindu  

Delhi Police, on Saturday, said that a supplementary charge sheet has been filed against Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel Imam for giving seditious speech and abetting riots at Jamia Millia Islamia University. Randhawa said in an FIR registered in New Friends Colony that “Sharjeel Imam was arrested for instigating and abetting the Jamia riots, due to his seditious speech delivered …

JNU Sedition Case : Delhi Govt Grants Sanction To Prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar And 2 Others
4 years, 10 months ago

JNU Sedition Case : Delhi Govt Grants Sanction To Prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar And 2 Others

Live Law  

In a significant development, the Delhi Government on Friday night granted sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar and two others in a case of alleged sedition for raising anti-national slogans during a protest march in JNU during February 2016.The Delhi police had submitted chargesheet in the case in January 2019, nearly three years after. …

graffiti painted on Jamia wall demanding to free Sharjeel Imam
4 years, 10 months ago

graffiti painted on Jamia wall demanding to free Sharjeel Imam

Op India  

Even after the police of five states have held Sharjeel Imam, the radical Islamist behind the Jamia Nagar violence and Shaheen Bagh protests, guilty under the sedition and various other laws, his Muslim supporters have been demanding his release. “if Muslims can save themselves.they will automatically save the country” -Sharjeel Imam Prior to this, posters reading ‘Stop Vilification’ and ‘Solidarity …

Sedition Case : Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To TISS Student Booked For Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam
4 years, 11 months ago

Sedition Case : Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To TISS Student Booked For Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old Masters student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, who was booked for sedition for allegedly raising slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the LGBTQ community in South Mumbai.The order was passed by a single bench of Justice S …

Delhi Police registers FIR against Jamia's anti-CAA protestors for Dec 15 violence
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Police registers FIR against Jamia's anti-CAA protestors for Dec 15 violence

India TV News  

The police on Monday evening filed an FIR against unknown people on charges of assaulting a public servant and damaging public property over the episode of violence on Dec 15. The police further announced a prize money of Rs 1 lakh for any information about three suspects alleged to be involved in the violence. On Jan 29, Delhi Police had …

Urvashi Chudawala did mistake by raising pro Sharjeel slogans: Mother
4 years, 11 months ago

Urvashi Chudawala did mistake by raising pro Sharjeel slogans: Mother

Op India  

As one of the August Kranti Maidan protestors, Urvashi Chudawala, who was booked in a sedition case for raising slogans in support of radical Islamist Sharjeel Imam, filed an anticipatory bail application in Mumbai sessions court, her mother Rina Chudawala has admitted that her daughter made a mistake after being instigated by others. She is a bright student, and we …

Sharjeel Imam, arrested on sedition charges, to be produced at Delhi's Patiala House court; security tightened as lawyers hold protest
4 years, 11 months ago

Sharjeel Imam, arrested on sedition charges, to be produced at Delhi's Patiala House court; security tightened as lawyers hold protest

Firstpost  

Sharjeel Imam was arrested on Tuesday for making allegedly inflammatory speeches at the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and in Aligarh New Delhi: Situation at Patiala House Courts Complex remained tense on Wednesday after Delhi Police informed that Sharjeel Imam, arrested on sedition charges, will be produced before the magistrate at the court complex. Imam was arrested on Tuesday …

Delhi Police arrests Sharjeel Imam from Bihar's Jehanabad on sedition charges for 'cut Assam off' remark
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Police arrests Sharjeel Imam from Bihar's Jehanabad on sedition charges for 'cut Assam off' remark

Firstpost  

Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Sharjeel Imam, a Jawaharlal Nehru University student booked in a sedition case, from Bihar’s Jehanabad. The PhD student has been booked in sedition cases lodged in five states for alleged “inflammatory” speeches made during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. “We have arrested Sharjeel Imam from Jehanabad,” said Rajesh Deo, deputy commissioner of police, Crime …

Sharjeel Imam sedition case: Will take action against those found sheltering JNU student, says police
4 years, 11 months ago

Sharjeel Imam sedition case: Will take action against those found sheltering JNU student, says police

India TV News  

As the hunt is on to arrest former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, the coordinator of Delhi's Shaheen Bagh protest against the CAA, the Police has said that they will take action against people-entities found sheltering Sarjeel Imam as he has been booked under sedition. A sedition case has been registered against Sharjeel Imam over his 'cut off Assam from India' …

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 …

Nalini Balakumar's 'Free Kashmir' placard not an act of sedition; archaic law has no place in 21st Century India
4 years, 11 months ago

Nalini Balakumar's 'Free Kashmir' placard not an act of sedition; archaic law has no place in 21st Century India

Firstpost  

The Mysore Bar Association passed a resolution this week announcing that none of its members will represent the journalist student, Nalini Balakumar. She is currently facing sedition charges for holding a ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during a protest organised earlier this month, by the Dalit Students’ Association and Mysore University Research Students Association, in Mysuru. At the outset, the association’s resolution …

Jharkhand Police Drops Sedition Charge Against Anti-CAA Protesters; SP Seeks Explanation From Investigating Officer
5 years ago

Jharkhand Police Drops Sedition Charge Against Anti-CAA Protesters; SP Seeks Explanation From Investigating Officer

Live Law  

On Wednesday, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren took to Twitter to announce that steps had been taken to obliterate the charge of sedition, invoked against 3,000 people in Dhanbad district for participating in anti-CAA protests. "In Dhanbad, directions have been issued to scrap the charge of sedition imposed on 3000 people forthwith and proper action has been recommended against the guilty …

Five terror suspects arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla
5 years, 1 month ago

Five terror suspects arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla

India TV News  

A joint team of police and security forces in the Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday arrested five terror suspects for threatening and intimidating locals in the area. Hilal Ahmad, Sahil Nazir and Peerzada Mohammad Zahir, who were involved in threatening and intimidating people, were arrested from Sopore along with incriminating material including threat posters, a …

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 …

JNU sedition case: BJP youth wing members stage protest near Delhi CM's residence
5 years, 4 months ago

JNU sedition case: BJP youth wing members stage protest near Delhi CM's residence

India TV News  

Members of BJP's youth wing BJYM in Delhi on Saturday staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence demanding him to give prosecution sanction in the 2016 JNU sedition case. There were reports in newspapers that the AAP government has rejected permission for prosecution of former JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the sedition case, BJYM's …

JNU sedition case: Delhi law minister issues show-cause notice to principal law secretary for clearing sanction to prosecute students
5 years, 11 months ago

JNU sedition case: Delhi law minister issues show-cause notice to principal law secretary for clearing sanction to prosecute students

Firstpost  

The sedition case, related to anti-national slogans allegedly raised during a February 2016 event on the campus of JNU, has been filed against former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, among others. New Delhi: Delhi law minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday sent a show-cause notice to the principal law secretary for clearing without his approval the sanction to prosecute former …

JNU sedition case: Court to consider chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others on Jan 19
6 years ago

JNU sedition case: Court to consider chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others on Jan 19

India TV News  

A Delhi court on Tuesday set January 19 for consideration of chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case. The chargesheet was filed against Kanhaiya and others by the Delhi Police on Monday, saying he was leading a procession and supported seditious slogans raised on the varsity campus on …

JNU sedition case: Police says countrywide probe took 3 years to file chargesheet
6 years ago

JNU sedition case: Police says countrywide probe took 3 years to file chargesheet

India Today  

Amid criticism over filing of chargesheet after almost three years in the JNU sedition case, the Delhi Police has said such cases "generally take such time" as it involved probe spread across the country and involved voluminous records and evidence. The police on Monday filed the 1,200-page chargesheet at a city court against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president …

JNU sedition case: 3 years on, Delhi Police files chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others
6 years ago

JNU sedition case: 3 years on, Delhi Police files chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others

India TV News  

Jawaharlal Nehru University student Kanhaiya Kumar and others shouted anti-India slogans during a rally against the capital punishment to Kashmiri separatist and Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru three years ago, a 1200-page chargesheet filed by Delhi Police on Monday has claimed. Apart from Kumar, the chargesheet has named nine others, including Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Aquib Hussain, Mujeeb Hussain, Muneeb …

JNU sedition case: Kanhaiya Kumar thanks Modi as Delhi Police submits chargesheet against him, Umar Khalid, eight others
6 years ago

JNU sedition case: Kanhaiya Kumar thanks Modi as Delhi Police submits chargesheet against him, Umar Khalid, eight others

Firstpost  

Three years after an event organised by students at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University allegedly saw “anti-national” slogans being raised, the Delhi Police on Monday filed charges of sedition against 10 people, including student leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. They had begun the inquiry in February 2016 and obtained the sanction of the Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya …

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