Lok Sabha passes three Criminal Law Amendment Bills in absence of 97 suspended MPs
Three bills to reform criminal laws were first introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11 during the monsoon session of Parliament
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Three bills to reform criminal laws were first introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11 during the monsoon session of Parliament
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday temporarily stayed the proceedings related to the First Information Report (FIR) registered against filmmaker Aisha Sultana by the Lakshadweep Police for sedition.
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, member of Parliament from the Congress, had been booked for “posting tweets and deliberately circu...