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Topic: Sedition

In India, sedition law is the ‘toolkit’ to suppress dissent and criticism

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Shantanu Muluk created farmers toolkit, intended to spread rumours: Delhi Police to court

Delhi Police claims Muluk, who is on bail in a case of sedition and other charges, had a direct role in planning and execution of a 'large, inter-continental conspiracy to excite disaffection against India'.

Expressing views different from govt’s not sedition — SC rejects plea against Farooq Abdullah

The top court was hearing a plea that referred to Farooq Abdullah's statement on restoration of Article 370 and contended it amounts to a seditious act.

The ‘(Anti) National Gallery of Modern Art’, India’s sedition legacy, & ‘caged’ social media

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‘Disagreements’ in a democracy, and India’s new ‘diversity’

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Courts took a break from being conservative this week. MJ Akbar, FB sedition cases show

While judge Ravindra Pandey favoured women speaking up against abuse by powerful men, judge Dharmendra Rana reiterated sedition law can’t be used randomly.

‘Seriously debatable’ — full text of Delhi court’s bail orders in sedition case for FB posts

The court asserted that sedition law is a powerful tool to maintain peace, but it cannot be 'invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling the miscreants'.

‘Sedition can’t be used to quieten disquiet’ — Delhi court gives 2 arrested for FB posts bail

The two accused had allegedly shared fake videos related to farm protests. Court says sedition & forgery don’t seem applicable but ‘spreading rumours’ does.

Delhi court issues summons to Kanhaiya Kumar, 9 others in JNU sedition case

The court took cognisance of Delhi Police chargesheet, claiming Kanhaiya Kumar, others supported seditious slogans raised on JNU campus in February 2016, and summoned them on 15 March.

2019 saw 40 more arrests for sedition over 2018 and only two convictions, NCRB data shows

Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday shared data in Rajya Sabha on cases filed under sedition and UAPA in 2019 and the arrests made in connection with them.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.