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- India
Sedition law: SC declines Centre’s request, refers pleas to bench of ‘at least’ 5 judges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a constitution bench of at least five judges a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the IPC provision on sedition, a…
- India
BNS Section 150: Same coffee, little stronger, but in a ‘different mug’
New Delhi: The newly proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which seeks to replace the archaic Indian Penal Code laws has framed ‘sedition’ in a harsher way. The BNS Bill, introduced by Home Minister Amit…
- India
New bill replacing IPC will completely repeal sedition law: Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah tabled three bills in the Lok Sabha on Friday, August 11, one of which, he claimed would ‘completely repeal’ the sedition law. According to the Home Minister,…
- India
Making sedition law more ‘draconian’ a message for Oppn leaders: Cong
New Delhi: With the law commission backing the sedition law, the Congress on Friday accused the BJP government of planning to make it more “draconian” and giving a message ahead of the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan court strikes down colonial-era sedition law
Lahore: A high court in Pakistan on Thursday struck down a colonial-era sedition law that criminalised criticism of the federal and provincial governments, terming it inconsistent with the Constitution. Justice Shahid Karim…
- India
In the shadow of collegium row, SC to deliver key verdicts on demo, CAA in 2023
New Delhi: In the penultimate phase of 2022, many friction points emerged between the Centre and the judiciary over the delay in the appointment of judges to the higher courts. Amid the…
- India
SC to hear pleas against sedition law in Jan 2023 after Parliament session
New Delhi: Attorney General R. Venkataramani on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Centre is in the process of reviewing criminal laws during the hearing on a clutch of petitions challenging…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
‘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,…
