UN High Commissioner for Human Rights criticises Indian govt’s ‘misuse’ of UAPA
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, Monday flagged the 'misuse' of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act ...
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Explained: Bombay High Court order partially stay new IT rules on plea by The Leaflet
Analysing the Bombay High Court’s interim order dated August 14 that stayed Rule 9(1) and (3) of the new Information ...
‘No Fetters on Freedom of Press’: J&K HC Slams FIR Against Journalist Asif Naik
Calling it an attack on freedom of the press, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed ...
Citizens can’t be externed for protesting against the government: Gujarat HC
THE Gujarat High Court Thursday quashed an order of the Ahmedabad city police to extern an accused booked for being ...
Anti CAA speech: Allahabad HC quashes proceedings against Dr Kafeel Khan for want of sanction
THE Allahabad High Court Thursday quashed the order of the Magistrate taking cognisance of the charge sheet against Dr. Kafeel ...
Recalling why Section 66A of IT Act was struck down
In light of the recent revelation that thousands of cases have continued to be registered under Section 66A of the ...
No unrest, no sedition: How Lokmanya Tilak challenged Section 124A
During his second sedition trial, the ‘Father of Indian Revolution’ argued it was not a question of whether public disorder ...
A Gandhian case to repeal sedition law
Recently, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging the constitutionality of the provision of ...
Journalists Patricia Mukhim, Anuradha Bhasin challenge constitutional validity of sedition law
DAYS after the Chief Justice of India(CJI) expressed reservations about the existence of India’s sedition laws, two editors of newspapers ...
Right to dissent without violence and hate speech part of freedom
Freedom of speech and expression is one of the cornerstones of Indian democracy. Freedom is meaningless if we cannot express ...
Demise of Father Stan Swamy Marks Death of India’s Conscience
There was hardly a whimper in response to the sudden arrest of Father Stan Swamy on unproven charges of links ...
Sedition law a colonial era law used against freedom fighters; is it still required, CJI Ramana asks AG
THE Chief Justice of India (CJI) Thursday criticised the existence of a law on sedition even after 75 years of ...
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