Supreme Court directs Centre to file reply on sedition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file on Wednesday its stand on whether all sedition cases filed across the country could be kept in abeyance or on hold till the Union of India finishes re-considering Section 124-A (Sedition Law) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Supreme Court asks Centre to respond on sedition law by May 10
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre and other parties to file their affidavits between Saturday and Monday for further hearing on May 10 on referring cases against the sedition law to a larger bench of five or seven judges.
Centre seeks more time to respond to sedition pleas
New Delhi/UNI: The central government on Monday sought more time from the Supreme Court to file its detailed written submissions on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the sedition law (Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code).
Delhi Court denies Sharjeel Imam's bail plea for inflammatory speeches during CAA protests
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi court Friday dismissed the bail plea of JNU student and activist Sharjeel Imam who has been accused of making inflammatory and instigating speeches during the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) protests, according to media reports.
Sedition law colonial, why don't you take it off the statute book? SC asks Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the central government why it does not drop the "colonial" sedition law, which it feels is enormously "misused", media reports said.
Supreme Court quashes sedition charge against journalist Vinod Dua
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled a sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua in connection with his Youtube video criticising the government's handling of COVID-19 lockdown last year.
Supreme Court refuses to stay Sharjeel Imam's prosecution in sedition cases
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay prosecution of JNU student Sharjeel Imam in sedition cases registered against him in five states for his alleged inflammatory speeches during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Sunday issued an interim bail protection from arrest to journalist Vinod Dua till July 6 but refused to stay the investigation into the sedition charges filed against him, media reports said.
Karnataka: Three students held on sedition charges
Hubballi/UNI: Three Engineering students of a college here from Kashmir, who were taken into custody on sedition charges and released, were again arrested on Monday following opposition against their release from various circles.
Pro-Pakistan slogan:Three Kashmiri students booked for sedition, later released
Hubballi/UNI: Three Kashmir students who were arrested on Saturday and subsequently booked under sedition law for raising pro Pakistan slogans, were released here on Sunday after they executed a bond under Section 169 of the CrPc.
Karnataka: Three Kashmiri students arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans in college
Hubballi/UNI: Tension prevailed here in the KLE Institute of Technology on Saturday, when members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) assaulted three Kashmiri students for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on the first anniversary of the Pulwama attack.
Muzaffarpur: A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against the celebrities including Ramchandra Guha, Aparna Sen who had voiced their concerns over mob lynching in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
Court raps Delhi govt for sitting on Kanhaiya sanctions
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): The city court has slammed the Delhi government for delay in granting the required sanctions to prosecute former JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case.
JNU sedition row: Delhi police name Kanhaiya Kumar in charge sheet
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): The Delhi police on Monday named former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in the campus three years ago, media reports said.
Sedition or defamation charges can not be invoked for criticism of Government : SC
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) : In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has stated that sedition or defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone criticising the Government, reports said.