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    Sedition Law News

    Parliament has absolute prerogative to enact law, not bound by Centre's undertaking: SC

    Parliament has absolute prerogative to enact law, not bound by Centre's undertaking: SC
    India News
    Published 240 days ago

    Free speech in the crosswires

    Police overreach and vaguely worded provisions cannot be allowed to pose a risk to constitutional guarantees
    Editorials
    Updated 427 days ago

    Supreme Court seeks government’s reply on plea against BNS ‘sedition’ section

    The 79-year-old petitioner also challenged the provision for endangering sovereignty or integrity by “use of financial means”, which is undefined.
    India News
    Published 443 days ago

    SC seeks Centre’s reply to plea challenging Section 152 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

    The petitioner also challenged provision for endangering sovereignty or integrity by “use of financial means” which is undefined. (File photo)
    India News
    Published 443 days ago

    SC seeks MP govt response over ex-SIMI chief plea on sedition case

    A bench of justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan posted the matter for hearing after two weeks (ANI)
    India News
    Published 479 days ago

    Morning briefing: Jaishankar on e-visa services for Canadians; all latest news

    External affairs minister S Jaishankar addresses a virtual G20 leaders’ summit on Wednesday. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 1068 days ago

    Supreme Court hints at referring sedition case to 7-judge bench

    The Supreme Court. (HT PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 1068 days ago

    Sedition law: What has changed after Supreme Court's 1962 order

    The Supreme Court in Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1134 days ago

    Bench of at least 5 judges will rule on sedition law

    A view of the Supreme Court building, in New Delhi, India. (Burhaan Kinu/ Hindustan Times)
    India News
    Updated 1139 days ago

    Situation from Kashmir to Kerala makes it must to retain sedition law: Law panel

    Awasthi said that sedition law being a colonial legacy was not a valid ground for its repeal and several countries, including the US, Canada, Australia and Germany, have their own such laws.
    India News
    Published 1216 days ago

    Sedition in India through law panel reports, past and present

    Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (sedition law) — a cognisable and non-bailable offence punishable with life sentence or a jail term up to three years.
    India News
    Updated 1236 days ago

    Top court must strike down the sedition law

    Regardless of whether the government accepts or rejects the Law Commission’s proposed changes, it is long overdue for the Supreme Court to take up this case again, and strike down sedition once and for all.
    Opinion
    Updated 1237 days ago

    Retain sedition in IPC, make it tougher: Panel

    Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body, working under the aegis of the Union ministry of law and justice
    India News
    Updated 1241 days ago

    Govt wants to make sedition law more draconian: Congress

    Congress Spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi addresses a press conference, at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 1241 days ago

    On sedition law, govt says repealing can have adverse impact on India's security

    Activists and jurists have alleged the provision is often misused to muzzle dissent. (Shutterstock)
    India News
    Updated 1241 days ago

    Sedition law review in final stages, Centre tells top court

    Sedition is a cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable offence under the law, entailing life imprisonment as maximum punishment, with or without a fine. (Agencies)
    India News
    Updated 1273 days ago

    SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law today

    The Supreme Court. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 1386 days ago

    ‘Was upset with SC move to strike down sedition law provisions’: Kiren Rijiju

    Union minister Kiren Rijiju. (ANI Photo) (Ayush Sharma)
    India News
    Updated 1450 days ago

    Deoghar DC charged with sedition on BJP MP's complaint amid ATC entry row

    BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari were in Deoghar to meet the family of the girl who was set ablaze by a stalker in Dumka. (ANI)
    India News
    Updated 1513 days ago

    Great tool for govt since it doesn't like dissent: Mahua Moitra on sedition law

    File photo of TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (HT file)
    India News
    Updated 1627 days ago

    Top court hits pause button on colonial-era sedition law; here's what it means

    The Supreme Court of India. 
    India News
    Updated 1628 days ago

    Colonial, political and legal history of the sedition law in India

    (FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSE)
    India News
    Updated 1627 days ago

    'Respect court… but there is 'lakshman rekha': Law minister on sedition law

    Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju. (ANI Photo/ PIB)
    India News
    Updated 1628 days ago

    'Victory…': Mahua Moitra tweets after Supreme Court puts sedition law on hold

    Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra
    India News
    Updated 1628 days ago

    Sedition law: 5 key points from Supreme Court's big decision on Section 124A

    At the last hearing in July 2021, the Supreme Court rued the “enormous power of misuse” of the sedition law in India (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1628 days ago

    'Why can’t sedition law be put on hold,' Supreme Court asks Centre

    The Supreme Court of India (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1629 days ago

    On sedition law, Supreme Court gives Centre 24 hours to decide on pending cases 

    The Supreme Court. 
    India News
    Updated 1629 days ago

    Centre asks SC to pause sedition hearings but precedents tell a different story

    The Supreme Court will consider the government’s request to wait for the exercise to re-examine and reconsider the provisions of Section 124A, sedition. (HT File Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1630 days ago

    Will re-examine and reconsider sedition law provisions: Centre tells SC

    The Supreme Court of India (HT FILE PHOTO.)
    India News
    Updated 1630 days ago

    Daily brief: PM Modi's decision to re-examine, reconsider sedition law

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI)
    India News
    Published 1630 days ago
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