Sedition Law
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Delhi HC asks trial court to decide on Sharjeel Imam’s bail in sedition case by February 17
The activist had allegedly made seditious speeches during the protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019 and 2020.
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Constitution bench to hear petitions challenging sedition law
The Supreme Court also rejected the Centre’s request to defer the hearing that argued that it was planning to replace the Indian Penal Code.
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Explainer: Is India really repealing the sedition law?
The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, which seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code, does not mention ‘sedition’. But the devil is in the details.
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India needs sedition law because of the situation from Punjab to northeast, says law panel chief
The commission, headed by Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, had recommended the law should not only be retained but the jail term be raised from three years to seven.
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Law panel’s support for sedition statute echoes colonial past instead of scripting democratic future
The panel has recommended further strengthening the colonial-era provision instead of scrapping it, as other countries have long done.
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Karnataka HC quashes sedition case against Bidar school for staging anti-CAA play
A teacher and a student’s mother had been arrested and the police had claimed that students of Classes 4 to 6 had insulted the prime minister.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Centre is planning to make sedition law more draconian, will misuse it, alleges Congress
The statement came after the Law Commission proposed retaining the colonial-era law and increasing the jail term.
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Law Commission backs sedition law, says should be retained with key amendments
Last year, the Supreme Court had put the colonial-era law under abeyance.
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‘Incompatible with democracy’: Why a Pakistani court has struck down its colonial sedition law
The same law is controversial in India and currently stands frozen.
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The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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Sedition is a ‘thorn in the flesh’ for all journalistic ventures, says former Chief Justice UU Lalit
Quoting Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lalit said that highlighting problems of people was not sedition.
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Was upset about SC decision to keep sedition law in abeyance, says Kiren Rijiju
The Union law minister said that the court took the decision even after the government said that it was making changes to the provision.
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Centre may look into sedition law in Winter Session of Parliament, attorney general tells SC
The court will next hear the case in the second week of January.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver