Critics of government deserve protection, not punishment
Journalists are increasingly coming under threats of sedition charges being filed against them for the truths they expose. It was ...
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Delhi HC rejects plea by SSR’s father seeking to restrain film depicting his son’s lifestyle; says can’t filter real-life events
THE Delhi High Court Thursday rejected an application filed by the father of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) seeking ...
Why the Supreme Court must declare Sedition Law unconstitutional
In a kaleidoscopic analysis dealing with both data and recent case law on the rampant misuse of Section 124A of ...
Carnatic music vocalist TM Krishna challenges new IT rules for impinging on his fundamental rights; Madras HC issues notice to Centre
THE Madras High Court Thursday sent a notice to the Central Government on a petition filed by Carnatic music vocalist, ...
Decoding the history of Sedition law in India
Apropos of the two separate decisions last week relating to sedition by the Supreme Court, AVINASH KUMAR YADAV and AMARTYA VIKRAM SINGH trace the ...
SC quashes HP police’s sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua
THE Supreme Court Thursday quashed the sedition case filed against senior journalist Vinod Dua by the Himachal Pradesh police in ...
Time for courts to define limits of sedition law, says SC; stays coercive action by AP police against 2 TV channels
THE Supreme Court Monday said it was time the court defined the limits of sedition law even as it stayed ...
Stop beating around the bush and comply with Indian laws: Govt tells Twitter
THE Indian Government Thursday hit back at Twitter saying through its actions and deliberate defiance, Twitter sought to undermine India’s ...
The Law of Sedition and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
In light of the spike in sedition cases under the section 124A of the Indian Penal Code since 2014 for the ...
SC orders medical examination of arrested YSR Congress rebel MP Ramakrishna Raju at Army hospital; to hear bail plea on May 21
THE Supreme Court Monday directed the medical examination of YSR Congress rebel MP K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju at the Army ...
Why the recently constituted Special Task Force to unilaterally terminate suspected ‘anti-national’ employees is problematic
Examining the recent order of the Jammu and Kashmir General Administration under which three state government employees were terminated without ...
Media’s reporting of oral remarks of judges can’t be stopped, it is in public interest: SC
THE Supreme Court Monday said it could not stop the media from reporting oral remarks of judges during the course ...
