Petitioner’s counsel says the ruling underscores need for judicial caution in cases involving digital speech, especially when it concerns opinions on war, peace & inter-community harmony.
Dr Madri Kakoti, assistant professor in the linguistics department, is accused of threatening peace with her posts on X. FIR came on a complaint by a student & ABVP member.
UP-based Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore, known for ‘truth to power’ songs, has been booked for ‘affecting national integrity’ after posts on Pahalgam attack.
Shaon, a vocal critic of Yunus-led govt, was picked up for allegedly 'conspiring against the state'. Saba, on the other hand, was detained for ties to Hasina's Awami League.
Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was booked for 'undermining the country’s sovereignty and creating unrest' at Chittagong’s New Market square during a protest on 25 October.
Chung Pui-kuen, Patrick Lam, could face a maximum jail term of 2 years, first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising joins list of jurists seeking deferment of implementation of new laws, scheduled for 1 July. Experts worried about lack of procedural safeguards, misuse.
SC says 1962 ruling upholding sedition was on basis of narrow understanding of fundamental rights then, declines govt request to defer hearings in light of pending bill to replace IPC.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi asks if this is an initial step towards more curbing of dissent ahead of LS polls & questions why it is used against opposition leaders & dissidents.
Speaking at the launch of his book on freedom of speech, SC lawyer Rohan J Alva stressed that the reasonable restrictions in Article 19 (1)(a) is different from sedition.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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