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Sedition law stay: Delhi HC to hear bail plea of Sharjeel Imam on May 26
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear on May 26, the bail plea moved by JNU scholar-activist Sharjeel Imam, who has approached the Court for relief following the historic Supreme Court…
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EGI expresses happiness over SC’s interim stay on Sedition law
The Editors Guild of India stated its happiness over the Supreme Court’s interim order on the sedition law (IPC 124A). It said, “The Guild welcomes this interim order as sedition law has…
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Sedition law: ‘Lakshman Rekha’ must be respected, says Union Minister on SC’s order
After the Supreme Court’s historic decision to put the controversial sedition law on hold, Minister of Law and Justice of India Kiren Rijiju made a contentious remark saying while he “respected the…
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SC seeks Centre’s reply on protecting citizens from sedition cases till it re-examines law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre to apprise it about the views on the issue of protection of interest of citizens till the colonial-era penal law on sedition is…
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Centre defends sedition law in Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the 1962 verdict of the top court in the Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar case, which upheld the validity of…
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‘Detained for wanting to recite Hanuman Chalisa’, AG urges SC to lay down guidelines on sedition law
New Delhi: Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to lay down guidelines to prevent the misuse of the sedition law while citing the case of Maharashtra’s Rana couple,…
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Retired Justice Nariman urges SC to strike down sedition law
New Delhi: Justice Rohinton Nariman, former Supreme Court judge, has urged the top court to strike down colonial-era sedition law and offensive parts of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA). Speaking…
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SC agrees to examine plea against validity of sedition law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a fresh plea by Mysuru-based Major General S.G. Vombatkere challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC with a…
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SC defers hearing on plea challenging sedition law to July 27
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, which penalises the crime of “sedition,”…
