Sedition
- India
701 sedition, 5023 UAPA cases registered in 2018-22: Centre
New Delhi: As many as 701 cases of sedition and offences against the State were registered from 2018 to 2022 and 5,023 cases were lodged under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…
- India
SC to hear on Tuesday pleas challenging constitutionality of sedition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday the batch of pleas challenging the constitutionality of the colonial-era penal provision of sedition. As per the causelist published on the…
- India
Sharjeel Imam moves Delhi court seeking statutory bail in sedition case
New Delhi: Sharjeel Imam, a key figure in a case involving alleged inflammatory speeches made against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), has filed a plea in a Delhi court seeking statutory bail.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ex-professor among 151 booked under UAPA, sedition
Hyderabad: Human rights activist and former University of Hyderabad professor, G Haragopal was booked along with 151 others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and sedition. UAPA is an offence that…
- 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…
- India
Delhi HC adjourns Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition case for May 4
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned, to May 4, the hearing in Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus Sharjeel Imam’s plea seeking bail in connection with a 2020 communal riots case…
- 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…
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