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 …
Even as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 is being vetted by the Parliament’s standing committee, debates and deliberations continue over the proposed section of the bill, specifically Section 150, which will replace Section 124A of IPC, known as sedition. Experts call the proposed section 150 for the “acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” as “Sedition 2.0”. According …
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted and struck down respectively by the Supreme Court in 2018 Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in the Lok Sabha on Friday, proposing to replace the Indian Penal …
NEW DELHI: In a significant move aimed at removing the colonial imprint from the criminal justice system, Union home minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Bill lists new offenses such as acts of secession, armed rebellion, subversive activities, separatist activities, or acts that endanger the sovereignty or unity and integrity of India. It …
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