Sedition FIR against celebrities: Lawyer files protest petition against police plan to close case

Sudhir Kumar Ojha, in the fresh petition filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwari, alleged the police acted ‘under political pressure’.

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· Oct 10, 2019 · 07:23 pm

Sedition case against 49 celebrities is ‘maliciously false’, will be closed: Bihar Police

The police also said that the complainant, Sudhir Ojha, will be charged for filing frivolous complaints.

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· Oct 09, 2019 · 09:01 pm

Sedition case against 49 people: Over 180 celebrities condemn charges, endorse letter to Modi

The 185 signatories asked if harassment by misusing courts was a ploy to silence citizens’ voices.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 09:33 pm

Mani Shankar Aiyar case: Mere use of derogatory words against PM is not sedition, says Delhi Police

The police sought dismissal of two complaints against the Congress leader for calling Modi a ‘neech aadmi’ and another for hosting Pakistani officials.

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· Sep 19, 2019 · 08:10 pm

Activist Shehla Rashid granted interim protection from arrest in sedition case

The judge said that Rashid shall not be arrested till November 5, when the matter is heard next.

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· Sep 10, 2019 · 10:36 am

JNU sedition case: Arvind Kejriwal says Delhi government is yet to decide on sanction to prosecute

However, the Delhi chief minister asserted that there will be no political interference in the matter.

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· Sep 06, 2019 · 02:11 pm

Ravidas temple demolition: Bhim Army leader charged with sedition in UP for ‘inflammatory speech’

Manjeet Singh Nautiyal allegedly threatened people accused of creating impediments in rebuilding the temple in Delhi that was razed last week.

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· Aug 15, 2019 · 05:06 pm

Ram Guha: How a colonial-era law used against Gandhi is now being deployed against the BJP’s critics

Forty nine film-makers and scholars who wrote to Narendra Modi urging him to halt hate crimes in India have been slapped with a sedition case.

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· Aug 04, 2019 · 06:30 am

Madras High Court suspends one-year jail sentence given to Vaiko on sedition charges

The counsel for the MDMK chief argued that the prosecution produced no audio or video evidence to show that the leader made a seditious speech in 2009.

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· Jul 18, 2019 · 07:14 pm

Sedition law will not be scrapped, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the law was necessary to ‘effectively combat anti-national, secessionist and terrorist elements’.

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· Jul 03, 2019 · 02:40 pm

Aligarh Muslim University clashes: Police drop sedition charges against 14 students

Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari said that the charges were dropped three days ago as no evidence was found to support them.

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· Feb 22, 2019 · 08:12 pm

Kerala: Two students of Malappuram college arrested on charges of sedition

Police said the students had put up posters supporting freedom for Kashmir, Manipur and Palestine.

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· Feb 22, 2019 · 06:04 pm