Berating the country cannot be treated as sedition, observes Law Commission

The right to criticise one’s own history and the right to offend are rights protected under free speech, the commission noted.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 31, 2018 · 08:24 am

Bihar: Eight held on charges of sedition and attempt to promote disharmony

The police said a video allegedly showed them playing an ‘anti-national’ song at an event organised in Rohtas district.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 19, 2018 · 10:20 am

Hyderabad: Sedition case against trio to be closed as Republic TV didn’t submit raw tapes on ‘sting’

Three men were booked for sedition after the news channel had aired clips in which they can purportedly be heard pledging their allegiance to the Islamic State.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 16, 2018 · 11:36 am

Tamil Nadu activist faces sedition case for his book against the Centre’s river-linking plans

T Jayaraman argued that the government wants to let corporations control the rivers.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 30, 2017 · 04:05 pm

The FIR against Amnesty is the second sedition case filed in Bangalore this year on ABVP's complaint

2014 was the first year in which cases filed under this IPC section were included in the National Crime Records Bureau data.

IndiaSpend Team

· Aug 19, 2016 · 07:32 pm

Did Binayak Sen’s conviction for sedition foretell the mess we are in today?

The Supreme Court has clearly spelled out what sedition is, and yet the order isn't followed.

Dilip D’Souza

· Mar 10, 2016 · 08:00 am

JNU irony: Those who detest Pakistan most are recasting India in its neighbour's mould

The arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar for sedition and the sordid sequence of events that followed mirrors the mindset in Pakistan.

Mahir Ali

· Mar 01, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury are among 9 booked for sedition in JNU row

Hyderabad court orders FIR to be filed based on complaint by city lawyer.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 28, 2016 · 10:06 pm

Which Indian state files the most sedition cases?

Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was widely used by state governments in 2014.

Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 19, 2016 · 09:30 pm

From Gandhi to Arindam Chaudhuri: An illustrated history of free speech in India

The British charged freedom fighters with sedition. Speaking inconvenient truth to power still attracts the same charge in India with great regularity.

The Free Speech Journal

· Feb 16, 2016 · 04:30 pm

Man arrested in Kerala for insulting soldier killed in Pathankot attack

The police said the 24-year-old used a fake name to post a comment that was 'anti-national' in nature.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 05, 2016 · 07:20 pm

'If cheering for Pakistan over India is sedition, book all Kashmiris'

The sedition law has been a matter of debate right from the time the Constitution was framed.

Jaideep Vaidya

· Mar 07, 2014 · 07:11 am