A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court of India on July 21 sought a response of the Centre on a plea of RTI activist and independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi challenging the invocation of penal provision of sedition against him in a case related to anti-CAA … Read more
The Supreme Court tells the Centre not to register fresh FIRs under Section 124A; government says it is re-examining the colonial provision The Supreme Court tells the Centre not to register fresh FIRs under Section 124A; government says it is re-examining the colonial provision An interim order putting on hold the contentious sedition law and … Read more
Nairobi CNN Business — Arshad Sharif, a prominent Pakistani journalist who fled the country after he was charged with sedition, has died in Kenya after he was shot by police responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, authorities said. “The officers trailing the motor vehicle … alerted police in Magadi who erected a road barrier,” … Read more
As many as 93 cases of sedition were registered in different parts of the country in 2019 in which 96 people were arrested, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said charge sheets were filed against 76 people while 29 were acquitted by the courts in … Read more
Former JNU student leader Umar Kahlid alleged before a Delhi court on Saturday that there has been a “vicious” media campaign against him in various newspapers and on TV channels about his alleged role in the north east Delhi riots. The media platforms were reporting about him on the basis of the supplementary chargesheet filed … Read more
The four people arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on October 5 from Mathura for suspected links with the radical group the People’s Front of India (PFI) were today sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court. Charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the IT Act have also been filed against … Read more