Will fight politically, legally sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar: CPI
4 years, 10 months ago

Will fight politically, legally sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar: CPI

India TV News  

The CPI on Saturday said it will fight both "legally and politically" the sedition case against its leader Kanhaiya Kumar and alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital had "succumbed to political pressure". "The national secretariat of the Communist Party of India will fight legally and politically the sedition charges against party national executive member and former president of the JNU Students' Union Kanhaiya Kumar. "The party is confident that Kanhaiya Kumar will come out unscathed as the charges are false and politically motivated," the CPI said in a statement. "The party vehemently opposes the move to implicate Kanhaiya Kumar in a false sedition case and urges all its units and mass organisations to protest peacefully against the prosecution move," the statement said.

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

Law Commission's recommendations backing sedition law contrary to foundations of republic: Sibal

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said the Law Commission's recommendations backing the sedition law are contrary to the ethos and the very foundations of the republic. Explained | India’s sedition law, its usage, and the opinions around it After 2014, there have been more than 10,000 cases of sedition out of which there has …

Govt. wants to make sedition law more draconian: Congress
1 year, 7 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 …

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

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law

News 18  

India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on Tuesday, found a mention in the Supreme Court during the hearing of pleas challenging the sedition law. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the petitioners arguing about the misuse of sedition law, said that former PM Nehru had echoed similar thoughts regarding Section 124A, which criminalises sedition. We are trying to do …

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 …

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 …

Navneet, Ravi Rana charged with sedition: A look at cases when Maharashtra govt invoked sedition
2 years, 8 months ago

Navneet, Ravi Rana charged with sedition: A look at cases when Maharashtra govt invoked sedition

India Today  

Independent MP from Amravati, Navneet Rana, and her husband, Ravi Rana, an MLA from Badnera constituency, have been arrested by the Khar police for creating enmity between two groups and sedition charges were invoked. Our concern is misuse of the law and no accountability of the Executive.” Here are some of the prominent sedition cases filed in Maharashtra: KANGANA RANAUT …

Sedition charge on Cong's Ajay Rai in Varanasi over remarks on Modi, Adityanath
2 years, 11 months ago

Sedition charge on Cong's Ajay Rai in Varanasi over remarks on Modi, Adityanath

India TV News  

Highlights Cong leader Ajay Rai has been booked for for sedition. Congress candidate in Uttar Pradesh Ajay Rai was on Saturday booked for sedition for allegedly making a hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said here. He was also booked for alleged violation of the model code of conduct and COVID-19 protocols during …

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

Delhi court slaps sedition and UAPA charges against Sharjeel Imam

Op India  

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

Kanhaiya Kumar to join Congress? Series of meetings with Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor sets tongues wagging
3 years, 4 months ago

Kanhaiya Kumar to join Congress? Series of meetings with Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor sets tongues wagging

India TV News  

Communist Party of India leader and former president of JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar has met Congress Rahul Gandhi, triggering speculations of him siding with the grand old party. Notably, reports about Kanhaiya being upset with the CPI leadership are doing the rounds after a censure motion was passed against him for indiscipline at a party meeting held in …

Supreme Court says police officers siding with ruling party a 'disturbing trend', needs to be stopped
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court says police officers siding with ruling party a 'disturbing trend', needs to be stopped

Firstpost  

The apex court said this while hearing a suspended IPS officer’s plea for protection in a sedition case registered against him in Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Filing of sedition cases when regimes change is a disturbing trend, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, granting protection from arrest to a suspended senior IPS officer against whom two criminal cases for offence of …

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 …

2 CPI(M) Kerala Leaders Face Case for Alleged Threat to Cong MP, Left Denies Charge
3 years, 7 months ago

2 CPI(M) Kerala Leaders Face Case for Alleged Threat to Cong MP, Left Denies Charge

News 18  

A case was on Sunday registered against two local CPI leaders for allegedly threatening Congress MP Ramya Haridas, police said. The case was registered against former Alathur Panchayat president M A Naser and panchayat member Najeeb for allegedly stopping the vehicle of the MP and threatening her, the police said. The alleged incident happened today when the MP got down …

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 …

JNU sedition case: Court orders Delhi Police to give chargesheet copies to Kanhaiya Kumar, nine others
3 years, 10 months ago

JNU sedition case: Court orders Delhi Police to give chargesheet copies to Kanhaiya Kumar, nine others

Firstpost  

Along with Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and seven others were present in court in pursuance to summons issued by the court after taking cognisance of the chargesheet New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to give copies of the charge sheet to former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others in …

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 …

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 …

Delhi riots: Court takes cognisance of sedition charges against 18
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots: Court takes cognisance of sedition charges against 18

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognisance of the offences of sedition, promoting enmity between religious groups and criminal conspiracy against 18 persons accused of allegedly orchestrating the north-east Delhi riots, saying that the requisite sanction under criminal procedure code has been received from the authorities. At least 53 persons were killed and 581 injured in the riots last year, …

Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban among 10 summoned for hearing in JNU case
3 years, 10 months ago

Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban among 10 summoned for hearing in JNU case

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and seven others in a case of sedition that was filed against them after anti-India slogans were allegedly raised at an event on JNU campus on February 9, 2016. A case was registered on February 11, 2016 under sections 124A and 120B of the IPC against unidentified people …

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 …

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

The crippling effect of sedition and UAPA on dissent in India

Hindustan Times  

A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7. A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7 Section 124A of the Indian Penal …

‘No govt ever invoked sedition after rape’: Congress to Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 3 months ago

‘No govt ever invoked sedition after rape’: Congress to Yogi Adityanath

Hindustan Times  

Demanding a judicial inquiry into the Hathras rape incident either by a sitting High Court judge or a Supreme Court judge, the Congress on Wednesday termed “bizarre” the response of the Uttar Pradesh government on the issue and alleged that it has been slapping sedition charges as if these were “pick-pocketing” cases. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday alleged that …

AAP govt in Delhi yet to provide prosecution sanction against Sharjeel Imam: Reports
4 years, 5 months ago

AAP govt in Delhi yet to provide prosecution sanction against Sharjeel Imam: Reports

Op India  

On 29th July, a Delhi Court had summoned radical Islamist Sharjeel Imam to appear on 1st September for the sedition case against him. Delhi government has not yet given the prosecution sanction to prosecute Sharjeel Imam under sedition. pic.twitter.com/6DkhaiWi8W — Raj Shekhar Jha July 30, 2020 The police informed the court that prosecution sanction to prosecute Imam under sections 124A …

Critics of India’s Modi government face sedition charges
4 years, 10 months ago

Critics of India’s Modi government face sedition charges

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Sharjeel Imam was a little-known research scholar and a student activist until Indian police launched a manhunt across five states to nab him for a protest speech he gave calling for a month-long road blockade in the county’s northeast. In the wake of his speech, some leaders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party labeled Imam …

Kanhaiya will come out unscathed: CPI
4 years, 10 months ago

Kanhaiya will come out unscathed: CPI

The Hindu  

A day after the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi sanctioned the prosecution of former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case, the Communist Party of India said that it would fight the case legally and politically. In a statement, CPI general secretary D. Raja said the party was confident that Mr. Kumar, a …

Delhi govt no less ill-informed than Centre in understanding sedition law: Chidambaram
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi govt no less ill-informed than Centre in understanding sedition law: Chidambaram

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Delhi government for its sanction to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case, saying the Kejriwal dispensation is "no less ill-informed than the Centre" in its understanding of the sedition law. The Delhi government has given a go-ahead to the city …

Delhi govt. no less ill-informed than Centre in understanding sedition law: Chidambaram
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi govt. no less ill-informed than Centre in understanding sedition law: Chidambaram

The Hindu  

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Delhi government for its sanction to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case, saying the Kejriwal dispensation is “no less ill-informed than the Centre” in its understanding of the sedition law. The Delhi government has given a go-ahead to the city …

P Chidambaram criticises Delhi govt's decision to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar, says AAP no less ill-informed than Centre about sedition law
4 years, 10 months ago

P Chidambaram criticises Delhi govt's decision to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar, says AAP no less ill-informed than Centre about sedition law

Firstpost  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Delhi government for its sanction to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case. New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Delhi government for its sanction to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others …

AAP gives nod to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar
4 years, 10 months ago

AAP gives nod to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has permitted the prosecution of Left leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others over a long-pending sedition case that alleges the former JNU student led a procession that chanted “anti-national” slogans during an on-campus event in Feb. 2016. The permission comes nine days after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal promised his government will take an early …

Sedition case: AAP government gives nod to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar
4 years, 10 months ago

Sedition case: AAP government gives nod to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar

The Hindu  

The Delhi government has given its go-ahead to the Delhi Police to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case registered against them in February, 2016. While the official order in this regard, issued by the Delhi government's Deputy Secretary was dated February 27 Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson and …

Kanhaiya Kumar wants fast-track court trial to bring out "misuse" of sedition law
4 years, 10 months ago

Kanhaiya Kumar wants fast-track court trial to bring out "misuse" of sedition law

India TV News  

While alleging that JNU Sedition case was "created and delayed for political benefit", former Jawaharlal Nehru University president Kanhaiya Kumar demanded a speedy trial against him. Delhi state government on Friday gave green signal to Delhi Police to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case. I want a speedy trial in a fast-track court so that the entire country gets …

Delhi govt approves prosecution of Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi govt approves prosecution of Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case

Op India  

The AAP led Delhi government on Friday finally gave nod to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case, in which the Delhi police special Cell had submitted 1200-page charge-sheet on January 14 last year. Kanhaiya Kumar welcomed the Delhi govt’s decision for approval for prosecution against him, saying that a speedy …

Kanhaiya Kumar Prosecution: Delhi BJP welcomes AAP government's green signal
4 years, 10 months ago

Kanhaiya Kumar Prosecution: Delhi BJP welcomes AAP government's green signal

India TV News  

The Delhi BJP welcomed the AAP government's move to give a go-ahead to the city police to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a 2016 sedition case. Manoj Tiwari, the president of the BJP's Delhi unit said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gave the approval perhaps keeping in view the current political situation. On January …

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. …

Kanhaiya Kumar prosecution: Delhi government gives go-ahead to police
4 years, 10 months ago

Kanhaiya Kumar prosecution: Delhi government gives go-ahead to police

India TV News  

Kanhaiya Kumar: Delhi government has given its sanction for chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case. Image Source : KUMAR SONU Order giving go-ahead for prosecution of Kanhaiya Kumar Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has often found itself on the receiving end, mainly from BJP which has accused it of 'protecting' Kanhaiya Kumar by denying permission …

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 …

JNU sedition case: Police asks Arvind Kejriwal sanction to prosecute
4 years, 10 months ago

JNU sedition case: Police asks Arvind Kejriwal sanction to prosecute

Op India  

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Wednesday wrote to the Delhi government requesting him to “expedite” the process of grant of sanction to prosecute former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, radical Islamist Umar Khalid and others in a sedition case. According to the reports, the Delhi Police has asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government to clear their pending request …

JNU sedition case: Delhi HC refuses to direct AAP govt to grant sanction for prosecution of former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar
5 years, 1 month ago

JNU sedition case: Delhi HC refuses to direct AAP govt to grant sanction for prosecution of former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar

Firstpost  

Delhi High Court, while disposing of petition, said it appeared that petitioner, former BJP MLA Nand Kishor Garg, has some personal interest in FIR New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to direct the AAP government to grant sanction for prosecution of former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case. The court, while disposing of …

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader files sedition complaint against Pragya Thakur for calling Nathuram Godse patriot
5 years, 1 month ago

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader files sedition complaint against Pragya Thakur for calling Nathuram Godse patriot

Firstpost  

This comes a day after some Congress workers in Indore lodged a similar complaint against Thakur at Central Kotwali Police Station. Indore: A Congress leader in Indore on Friday lodged a complaint of sedition against BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur over her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, which has sparked a controversy. Congress leader Devendra Singh Yadav lodged …

‘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 …

Kejriwal Govt has not approved request to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar yet, Delhi Police tells Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Kejriwal Govt has not approved request to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar yet, Delhi Police tells Court

Op India  

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi hasn’t yet approved the request for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the JNU Sedition Case, Delhi Police has said. The request is still pending before the Home Ministry of the Delhi government, the police informed Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana. In February this year, the Patiala House Court had asked …

Request for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya, others pending before Delhi govt: Police tells court
5 years, 3 months ago

Request for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya, others pending before Delhi govt: Police tells court

India TV News  

The request for sanction to prosecute former-JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and others is pending before the Home Department of the Delhi government, the city police told a court here. On January 14, the police had filed a charge sheet in the court against Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, saying they were …

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: No decision on prosecution sanction against Kanhaiya, others yet, says Kejriwal
5 years, 4 months ago

JNU sedition case: No decision on prosecution sanction against Kanhaiya, others yet, says Kejriwal

India TV News  

The Delhi government has not yet taken any decision on the prosecution sanction against former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. He, however, said the Delhi government's home department will take the appropriate decision after taking all facts into consideration. Police had sought sanction from …

Delhi govt rejects Delhi Police's request for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case
5 years, 4 months ago

Delhi govt rejects Delhi Police's request for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition case

Op India  

Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government has rejected Delhi Police’s request for sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and others who have been accused of raising anti-India slogans on JNU campus on February 9, 2016. As per reports, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain is of the opinion that no case of sedition can be made …

JNU sedition case: Court grants 2 months to police to get sanctions to prosecute Kanhaiya, others
5 years, 5 months ago

JNU sedition case: Court grants 2 months to police to get sanctions to prosecute Kanhaiya, others

India TV News  

A court here on Tuesday granted two months to the Delhi police to secure the requisite sanctions to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana passed the order after the police sought more time on the ground that no sanction has been received from the authorities concerned. …

BJP will make sedition law even more stringent, says Rajnath Singh
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP will make sedition law even more stringent, says Rajnath Singh

India Today  

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday slammed the Congress for its stand on sedition law as mentioned in the party's Lok Sabha election 2019 manifesto. Rajnath Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party will make the law even more stringent if it forms government for a second term. If our government comes to power we will make the sedition law even …

Kanhaiya Kumar files nomination as CPI candidate from Bihar’s Begusarai; greeted with ‘azadi’ slogans at rally
5 years, 9 months ago

Kanhaiya Kumar files nomination as CPI candidate from Bihar’s Begusarai; greeted with ‘azadi’ slogans at rally

Firstpost  

Former JNU students’ union president leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday filed his nomination papers as the CPI candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar Begusarai: Former JNU students’ union president leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday filed his nomination papers as the CPI candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar, civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad, …

Delhi’s AAP government requests another month’s time for deciding whether to sanction prosecution of the accused in JNU sedition case
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi’s AAP government requests another month’s time for deciding whether to sanction prosecution of the accused in JNU sedition case

Op India  

The Delhi government asked the court on Wednesday to provide it with a month’s time to decide whether to grant sanction to prosecute former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case. In February this year, the court had come down hard against the AAP government claiming that it is deliberately delaying the process …

JNU sedition case: Delhi Police claims yet to get government sanction to prosecute; court questions hurry to file charges
5 years, 10 months ago

JNU sedition case: Delhi Police claims yet to get government sanction to prosecute; court questions hurry to file charges

Firstpost  

The Delhi Police has to get the Delhi government’s nod before prosecuting in sedition cases, as mandated under the Code of Criminal Procedure. However, the Aam Aadmi Party government is yet to give a go ahead in this case Days after a Delhi court said it will proceed in the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition case even if the Delhi …

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