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TopicSedition Law

Topic: Sedition Law

India has debated sedition at length but it won’t go without the overhaul of justice system

+TFP Sanjeev Chopra -
Preventive Detention has stayed its course because India didn’t invest much in the investigative competence of the police, or legal acumen of the prosecutors.

‘Self-evident Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque is a temple’ — what Hindu Right press wrote this week

Unnati Sharma -
ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few days.

Our take on sedition law, Taj Mahal and the iPod – in 50 words

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Not the end, but a historic step — Urdu press lauds SC’s decision to suspend sedition law

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

With sedition, SC has dipped its toes in the civil liberties pool. Now we wait for the dive

Apoorva Mandhani -
Until the safeguards are laid down to prevent misuse of laws like UAPA, NSA or PSA, sedition’s departure might not have too much of an effect on ground.

Politicians, editors, a retired Major General: The petitioners taking on sedition law in SC

Bhadra Sinha -
Supreme Court suspended Section124A after hearing a bunch of petitions challenging various aspects. Petitioners range from Lok Sabha MP to journalists facing sedition charges.

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ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

In historic order, SC suspends sedition law, ‘hopes & expects’ govts will stop pursuing it

Bhadra Sinha -
Three-judge bench led by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said the hold on proceedings under section 124A of the Indian Penal Code will be valid as long as the Centre is reviewing its provisions.

‘How will you protect against misuse’? SC wants govt to put sedition law on hold while it reviews

Bhadra Sinha -
During hearing, Solicitor General asks to postpone hearing on petitions against sedition law until Centre decides. Petitioners demand that arrests under law should be stayed.

Modi govt tells SC it will ‘re-examine & re-consider’ provisions of IPC Section 124A on sedition

Bhadra Sinha -
Govt has filed affidavit in SC after 5 May order asking it to clarify its stand. Court is hearing petitions demanding that the sedition law be declared unconstitutional.
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