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Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore booked for sedition over Pahalgam posts: 'If you have the guts...'

April 28, 2025 9:57 pm

This is not Rathore’s first brush with authorities. Last year, the singer was served a police notice over her viral song UP mein ka ba ("What’s happening in UP?") that criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over an anti-encroachment drive.

Two Hong Kong journalists convicted in sedition case seen as barometer of media freedom

August 29, 2024 7:36 pm

Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested in December 2021.

The Kashmir Walla founder Fahad Shah granted bail in 'seditious' article case

November 18, 2023 7:55 pm

Shah will still face trial under Section 13 of the UAPA for allegedly abetting unlawful activities and Sections 35 and 39 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.

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Supreme Court refers pleas challenging validity of sedition law to 5-judge bench

September 13, 2023 3:26 am

The Supreme Court said a reference to a larger bench was needed in view of the fact that the provision was upheld in 1962 by a five-judge bench and it would not be appropriate for a three-judge bench to sit in judgement over it.

Sedition law is not gone, it’s set to be more draconian

August 12, 2023 12:29 pm

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, brought to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, could make the current sedition law wider but without the safeguards that courts have created so far

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

Sedition law repealed or strengthened in a new form? What the new IPC Bill says

August 13, 2023 1:07 pm

The new provision brings under its sweep acts aiding through financial means and acts of “subversive activities”, or those encouraging “feelings of separatist activities.”

The reasons Law Commission gave while recommending a stronger sedition law

June 06, 2023 5:49 pm

Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code penalises a crime against the state. What reasons has the Law Commission given for retaining the contentious provision? We explain.

Law Commission’s sedition report: Opaque process, regressive recommendations

June 03, 2023 4:28 pm

The 22nd Law Commission ignores issues raised by various Supreme Court judgments. The amendments it suggests would make the sedition law more draconian

Retain sedition law with key amendments, recommends Law Commission

June 02, 2023 10:38 am

In its report submitted to the government, the panel said cognizant of the views on the misuse of Section 124A, it recommends that model guidelines curbing them be issued by the Centre.

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Express View on Pakistan striking down sedition: A bold message from Lahore

April 02, 2023 11:08 pm

While a High Court ruling is open to review and may be challenged in the Supreme Court, the bold move to do away with a 153-year-old law, for which there should be no place in a democratic country, will certainly inspire those who have been agitating against the law in India

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JNU row: Umar, Bhattacharya surrender

February 24, 2016 6:32 am

New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-national slogans, surrendered before the Delhi Police last night. Following a medical check-up, the two were interrogated on Wednesday for around five hours and will be presented before the magistrate later in the day. Khalid and Bhattacharya are among the five students who, along with JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, had allegedly shouted anti-national slogans at an event organised in the university campus on February 9.

Security tightened outside Delhi HC ahead of Kanhaiya's hearing

February 23, 2016 6:33 am

New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): The security has been beefed up outside the Delhi High Court ahead of Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea hearing on Tuesday. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Kumar had moved the High Court on Friday after a lower court sent him to judicial custody till March 2 on charges of sedition.

AISA members block train in Patna demanding Kanhaiya’s release

February 19, 2016 6:29 am

Patna, Feb 19 (ANI): All India Students' Association (AISA) members on Friday blocked the Indore–Rajendra Nagar Express in Patna demanding release of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. The protestors carried placards opposing the sedition charges against Kumar and raised slogans demanding depoliticisation of the JNU issue. Kumar was arrested last Friday over an event organised on the JNU campus on February 9 against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Imposing sedition charges on Kanhaiya is condemnable: Owaisi

February 17, 2016 2:14 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 17 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday reacted over the JNU incident by saying that the raising anti-national slogans were objectionable but imposing sedition charge is condemnable. He also asked the Centre to probe the attack on journalists.

Politicians condemn Jadavpur University protest

February 17, 2016 8:07 am

New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 17 (ANI): Condemning the protests in Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday said strict actions should be taken against people involved in anti-national activities but sedition charges should not be put against them as it fulfils their aspirations of gaining popularity. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Majid Memon also condemned the protests in educational institutions. Meanwhile, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi emphasised on the need for the Jadavpur University students to come forward and identify the anti-social elements prevalent in the campus.

Saying Afzal Guru's conviction was wrong is not sedition: Sorabjee

February 16, 2016 1:12 pm

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee on Monday reacted over the JNU issue by saying that any criticism against the government does not entail sedition. He further said that the slogans raised in JNU cannot come under the radar of sedition. He added that if there is any incitement of violence, then sedition can be charged and its upto the court to decide the facts. He also went on saying that if someone says that conviction of Afzal Guru was wrong, that's not sedition because sedition is one of the most serious offences.

DU Prof. arrested on sedition charges: DCP

February 16, 2016 6:32 am

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jatin Narwal on Tuesday asserted that former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani has been arrested under sections 124A, 120B and 149 in connection with raising anti-India slogans in the Press Club of India. He added that the investigation is underway regarding the same. Geelani was arrested at around 3 a.m. on Tuesday following sedition charges at an event held on February 10.

Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case that they allegedly orchestrated through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking in connivance with some bank officials at the Brady House branch in Mumbai.

‘Personal space, adequate light’: India assures Belgium on Mehul Choksi if extradited

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Four months after Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in India for the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, was arrested in Belgium, India sent a letter of assurance to the country’s government, saying it will keep him in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail complex, “if extradited”.

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