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A private complaint has been filed seeking judicial cognizance against Kangana Ranaut for her allegedly seditious statements against the Sikh community and about the Indian Independence struggle.

India News: NEW DELHI: Between 2015 and 2019, as many as 279 sedition cases were registered under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), though only nine pe.

The sedition law needs to be read down further given its wide use

So, what does disaffection mean? Is it, as the dictionary has it, the loss or absence of affection for something or someone? Or is it something less of an estrangement with something one was fond of, and more of an engagement with something one has grown to detest? Instead of getting waylaid in the jalebi twists of Sunday semantics, its best to find out what the levelheaded men of law have to say.

Sikha Sarma GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, while observing that Assamese writer Sikha Sarma had expressed her personal views on the use of the term ‘Swahid/martyr’, granted bail to the 48-year-old writer, who was arrested here on April 6 on charges of sedition and other offences for an alleged Facebook post on security forces after 22 personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. According to the FIR, Sarma, known to be vocal on social media, in an FB post on April 5 "malign...

<i>It is not seditious to have views different from the Govt,</i> observed the Supreme Court on Wednesday while dismissing a PIL seeking action against former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq A...

In 2019, 9% of the sedition cases pending from previous years and filed in 2019 resulted in closure because the accused were untraceable.

Sedition in India: Colonial Legacy, Misuse and Effect on Free Speech Since its inception, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which punishes sedition, has been a tool in the hands of the state to curb criticism and dissent. It has been used by the colonial British government as well as by successive governments of independent India against political dissidents. Six senior journalists—Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Anant Nath, Paresh Nath, Zafar Agha, and Vinod Jose—and Shashi Tharoor, ...

Sedition law can’t be invoked to quieten disquiet, says Delhi court SECTIONS Share Synopsis ​​The observation was made in the bail orders of two men, Devi Lal Burdak and Swaroop Ram, who were booked in the same FIR on charges of sedition, spreading rumours, forgery, etc, for allegedly sharing fake videos on social media during the ongoing farmers’ protest. The judge observed that “evidently, law proscribes any act which has a tendency to create disorder or disturbance of public peace ...

Disha Ravi should have known that the State is easily offended