Tag: sedition
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SC asks Centre to file reply by tomorrow on whether Sedition Law be kept in abeyance till it is being considered
The Apex Court's three-judge bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, and also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of Section 124-A of the IPC.
May 10, 2022 -
Congress, Govt spar in Lok Sabha over sedition cases
During the Question Hour, Congress member from Telangana Anumula Revanth Reddy sought the number of cases registered under the offence of sedition across the country during the last 10 years, the conviction rate and the steps taken for their speedy trial.
March 17, 2021 -
Hathras: UP Police files FIR under 19 charges including sedition, ‘international conspiracy’
The development comes hours after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that those upset about his state's progress were using the Hathras incident to conspire against it.
October 5, 2020 -
SC restrains HP police from arresting journalist Vinod Dua in sedition case
Like the complaint lodged in the national capital, the FIR registered against the senior journalist in Shimla is also over his YouTube show on communal riots in Delhi earlier this year.
June 14, 2020 -
Delhi govt nod to police to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in 2016 sedition case
On February 9, 2016, 'anti-national' slogans were allegedly raised at JNU campus during a programme called to protest against the death sentence handed out to Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2002 Parliament attack.
February 29, 2020 -
51 people booked under sedition in Mumbai for allegedly supporting Sharjeel Imam
The development comes a day after a lower court in Delhi extended sedition-accused Sharjeel Imam's police remand by three days.
February 4, 2020 -
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, booked for sedition over inflammatory speech, arrested in Bihar
In a video that went viral on January 25, Sharjeel Imam is seen talking about splitting the northeast from India to block the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
January 28, 2020 -
Brother of sedition accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam detained in Bihar
Sharjeel was slapped with a sedition case by the Delhi Police after his alleged speeches went viral on the social media wherein he was heard speaking about Assam’s possible secession from the country in the wake of CAA.
January 28, 2020 -
Yogi Adityanath warns of sedition against CAA protesters raising ‘azadi’ slogans
This comes amid massive protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Lucknow, specifically led by women protesters.
January 23, 2020 -
Interim protection granted to Shehla Rashid in sedition case
Rashid, who is also a JNU PhD scholar, was booked for sedition on a criminal complaint by Supreme Court lawyer Alok Srivastav who had sought her arrest.
September 10, 2019 -
Hard Kaur charged with sedition for comments against Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief
The investigation in the case has been handed over to the Crime Branch's Surveillance Cell.
June 20, 2019 -
Delhi police files ‘action taken report’ on plea against Rahul Gandhi for remarks on PM Modi
Advocate Joginder Tuli had sought an FIR to be filed against Gandhi for accusing PM Modi of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and cashing in on their sacrifice.
May 15, 2019 -
BJP in UP, Cong in MP examples of ‘state terror’: Mayawati ahead of LS polls
Mayawati was referring to the sedition charges slapped by the UP BJP government against 14 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students and the NSA imposed on Muslims on charges of cow slaughter in MP.
February 14, 2019 -
Day after fracas with TV crew, 12 AMU students booked for sedition on ABVP member’s complaint
The students' union chief of Aligarh Muslim University was among 12 students slapped with sedition charges following an altercation between some students and the crew of a TV channel.
February 13, 2019 -
Divya Spandana booked for sedition for ‘derogatory’ tweet against PM Modi
The Uttar Pradesh police booked Congress’ social media chief Divya Spandana for sedition for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “thief” in one of her tweets.
September 26, 2018 -
‘Attacks on journalists increased in 2017’
The climate for journalism in India grew steadily adverse in 2017 with a host of perpetrators making reporters and photographers, even editors, their target, media watchdog The Hoot’s “India Freedom Report ~ Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in 2017,” released on Friday revealed. There were murders, attacks, threats, and cases filed against them for...
January 20, 2018 -
Honeypreet taken to Bathinda to investigate sedition charges
Jailed Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s “adopted daughter” Honeypreet Insan was on Thursday taken to Bathinda– where she was hiding before being nabbed– for investigations into charges of sedition. A woman accomplice of Honeypreet, Sukhdeep Kaur, who was arrested on charges of harbouring the fugitive accompanied the team of Panchkula Police. Earlier, the two...
October 5, 2017