Sedition Law
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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.
Sahil M Beg
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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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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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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.
Umang Poddar
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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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Why have sedition cases spiked in Andhra Pradesh?
Is Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy taking a leaf out of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath’s playbook on quelling critics by using the sedition law?
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