Jharkhand: Civil rights group accuses state of spreading misinformation on repression of Adivasis

The Khunti police claimed media reports have given ‘totally incorrect and hugely inflated figures’ about the number of people booked in sedition cases.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 05:47 pm

Jharkhand mass sedition cases: Rahul Gandhi says report ‘should have shocked nation’s conscience’

While the Congress leader lashed out at the BJP-led state government, CM Raghubar Das accused him of politicising the matter ahead of Assembly elections.

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· Nov 20, 2019 · 10:19 pm

Shehla Rashid sedition case: Give 10 days’ pre-arrest notice to activist, court tells Delhi Police

The court issued the direction after dismissing an anticipatory bail plea by Rashid.

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· Nov 15, 2019 · 09:51 pm

JNU sedition case: Delhi government has still not decided on prosecuting accused, police tell court

During the last hearing on September 18, the court had given the Delhi government a month to decide on the prosecution.

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· Oct 25, 2019 · 12:11 pm

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