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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicSedition Law

Topic: Sedition Law

Delhi govt gives nod to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in 2016 sedition case

The police had filed a charge sheet against Kumar among others for supporting seditious slogans allegedly raised on JNU campus on 9 February 2016.

233 people slapped with sedition charge in 2014-18, govt tells in Rajya Sabha

Union minister G. Kishan Reddy says 70 people were charged with sedition in 2018. The number was 51 (2017), 35 (2016), 30 (2015) and 47 (2014).

Neelanjan Sircar on BJP’s hegemony and Gautam Bhatia on ‘manipulable’ sedition law

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

A P Shah on sedition’s ‘chilling effect’, Sudharshan Iyengar on why he needs Gandhi today

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Remove sedition law—G Bhatia, Raja Mohan’s lessons from China, Vyas on 4 million new jobs

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta slams ‘misused’ sedition law, says it’s time for re-look

Justice Deepak Gupta says people cannot be forced to have affection for the govt, and welcomes criticism of the judiciary without fear of contempt.

Kapil Sibal on shaky moral high ground and the wounds of resort MLAs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.