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Topic: Sedition Law

‘Every journalist entitled to protection’: SC quashes sedition case against Vinod Dua

Upholding that dissent is not sedition, Supreme Court quashes sedition case against senior journalist Vinod Dua for YouTube video of him criticising Modi govt's Covid management.

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Supreme Court seeks response from Centre on plea challenging sedition law

Filed by two journalists, the plea claims that section 124-A infringes fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.

Sedition cases ‘low’, Modi govt has nothing to hide unlike Congress: MoS Home in Lok Sabha

Responding to a Lok Sabha question, G. Kishan Reddy says Modi govt maintains separate data for sedition cases, Congress shouldn’t talk about misuse of laws.

India is now only ‘partly free’ — Freedom in the World report downgrades status

‘Discrimination’ against Muslims, wide use of sedition law, Supreme Court rulings ‘favourable to BJP’ were cited by the report as some of the factors for the downgrade.

Mathura court extends judicial custody of Kerala journalist, 3 others booked for sedition

The 4 journalists were arrested on their way to Hathras earlier this month by UP Police under section 151 of CrPC on the suspicion to commit a cognisable offence.

The books used as evidence for sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam, Akhil Gogoi & others

Sharjeel Imam's arrest is not the first example where literary works have been presented as evidence by the police or judiciary to frame charges against an accused.

Government is using sedition as an iron hand to curb free speech, says Justice M.B. Lokur

Former SC judge M.B. Lokur's comments came a day after former JNU student leader Umar Khalid was arrested for his alleged involvement in the northeast Delhi riots.

‘Assault on rights to free speech, dissent’: 99 ex-IAS, IPS, IFS officers say in open letter

In the letter posted online by Constitutional Conduct Group, the signatories lamented the 'erosion' of the rule of law and 'misuse' of UAPA and sedition law.

SC refuses to stay sedition FIRs against Vinod Dua but grants relief from arrest until 6 July

Journalist Vinod Dua has been booked over his YouTube show in which he allegedly accused PM Modi of using ‘deaths and terror attacks’ to get votes.

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The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?