Criticism of the executive, the judiciary, the bureaucracy or the Armed Forces cannot be termed sedition, said the Supreme Court judge at a recent event.
SC bench that heard bail pleas of journalist Prashant Kanojia & BJP worker Priyanka Sharma asked the latter to issue apology as a pre-condition for bail before waiving it.
Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission says media firms facing attack for reports that are critical of security and intelligence agencies as well as militants.
Centre categorically denies allegation that it had something to do with the resignations, minister says channel's TRPs were down.
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Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
“……. We shall become a police State instead of a democracy and this the founding fathers never expected this country to be”
Excellent.
You should have published the conclusion of this speech too!
Excellent write up on freedom of expression and approach to sedition. However, the question pertinent to common mind is “when does sedition starts and where does freedom of expression ends”. As I wrte this comment, should my criticism of govt enable the laws of infringement to curtail my freedom of expression? Where does the views of people Kanhaiah Kumar and his associates of JNU end up?
At one end, for media and selected people, these students have uninfringed right to their expression. On the other hands, for those who are branded as nationalists, these students inciting violence and are making way for working against govt and also attacking the unity of country.
Does this qualify as infringement on their rights or to be tried as sedition for inciting violence to break the country? It is like your freedom of expression trespasses my right to privacy, when it involves me.
I am waiting for a particularly egregious instance of misuse of the sedition law – say against a Roti namak journalist – to utterly shock the conscience of the apex court and for it to read down the Section.
“……. We shall become a police State instead of a democracy and this the founding fathers never expected this country to be”
Excellent.
You should have published the conclusion of this speech too!
Excellent write up on freedom of expression and approach to sedition. However, the question pertinent to common mind is “when does sedition starts and where does freedom of expression ends”. As I wrte this comment, should my criticism of govt enable the laws of infringement to curtail my freedom of expression? Where does the views of people Kanhaiah Kumar and his associates of JNU end up?
At one end, for media and selected people, these students have uninfringed right to their expression. On the other hands, for those who are branded as nationalists, these students inciting violence and are making way for working against govt and also attacking the unity of country.
Does this qualify as infringement on their rights or to be tried as sedition for inciting violence to break the country? It is like your freedom of expression trespasses my right to privacy, when it involves me.
The Last Man standing. No TV channel will have the courage to broadcast.
I am waiting for a particularly egregious instance of misuse of the sedition law – say against a Roti namak journalist – to utterly shock the conscience of the apex court and for it to read down the Section.