Sedition
- 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…
- Bangalore
PFI raids: 14 arrested on sedition charges by Bengaluru police
Bengaluru: As many as 14 people were arrested on charges of sedition following raids by the National Investigation Agency on the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh tops in sedition cases with 29 instances
New Delhi: There has been a decline in sedition cases as per the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. However, Andhra Pradesh witnessed 29 sedition cases in 2021 despite not…
- India
Sedition case: Delhi Court adjourns Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea to July 7
New Delhi: A court here on Friday adjourned the interim bail plea moved by activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a sedition case linked to the alleged inflammatory speeches delivered by him for…
- India
Delhi: Order on Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition case reserved
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved the order on the interim bail plea moved by Sharjeel Imam, in connection with a sedition case linked to the alleged inflammatory speeches delivered…
- India
Sharjeel Imam moves special court for bail in sedition case
New Delhi: Activist Sharjeel Imam on Friday approached the Delhi’s Karkardooma court seeking bail in connection with the sedition case registered against him for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act…
- India
Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife hails CJI Ramana
Thiruvananthapuram: The wife of jailed journalist Siddique Kappan hailed the Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, which, on Wednesday, directed the Centre and state governments to refrain…
- India
SC puts sedition law on hold, no new FIRs to be lodged till review is complete
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday urged the Centre and state governments to refrain from registering any FIRs invoking sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, till review of…
- 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
Will re-examine Sedition law: Centre tells SC
The central government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to re-examine and reconsider the provisions of section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the sedition law, and requested…
- India
SC to hear Arun Shourie’s plea against sedition law on May 5
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing on May 5 a plea filed by former Union minister Arun Shourie seeking direction to declare the sedition law unconstitutional arguing that…
- India
SC to commence final hearing on pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law on May 5
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to file its response by the end of the week on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the sedition…
- Politics
Battle for UP: Congress candidate booked for sedition
Varanasi: Ajay Rai, the Congress candidate from Pindra Assembly constituency in Varanasi, has been booked for sedition and for allegedly spreading hatred against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister…
- India
CAA-NRC protest: Sharjeel Imam seems to be skeptical of ideas of secularism, democracy, says court
New Delhi: A Delhi Court while framing charges of sedition against Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel Imam noted that in his speeches Imam appears to be “skeptical of the ideas of secularism…
- India
BJP is endorsing hate speeches, says Justice Rohinton Nariman
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, expressing concerns over the rising hate speech in the country, criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not only for their silence over such…
