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Major General S.G. Vombatkere
Tracking Sedition: From 1857 to the Present
17 May 2022
There is little difficulty in understanding that sedition FIRs indicate selective, ill-motivated, deliberate misuse of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, for political or personal purposes.
Newsclick Team
What is the Possibility of Getting rid of Sedition law?
13 May 2022
Academic and legal scholar professor Faizan Mustafa clears the confusion in a discussion with Newsclick.
V. Venkatesan
Sedition Under Challenge: Supreme Court Directs Pending Cases Under Section 124A IPC to Be Kept in Abeyance
11 May 2022
The hearing of the petitions challenging Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of sedition continued this morning before the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice…
Newsclick Report
Challenge to Sedition law: SC Hearing on May 10 to Decide if Petitions be Referred to Larger Bench
05 May 2022
Attorney General KK Venugopal defended the constitutional validity of Section 124A and contended that the misuse of law has been brought under control.
Rashme Sehgal
‘India Needs Inclusive Leadership that Brings People, Communities Together’—Aruna Roy
23 Apr 2022
A greedy and acquisitive privileged class lacks concern for India’s massive vulnerable population. Their uncaring attitude will haunt India in the future, says the social activist.
Kashif Kakvi
MP: Minor J&K student Booked for 'Sedition' for Sharing Objectionable WhatsApp Status on Pulwama
16 Feb 2022
The minor accused came to Neemuch district in August last year on scholarship to study B.Com.
Vrinda Gopinath
Free Speech Row: Misplaced Impartiality of a Media That Equates Ranaut and Vir Das
23 Nov 2021
Let’s see how a false equivalence is sneakily brought in to claim that free speech issues affect both Kangana Ranaut and Vir Das the same way.
Nikhil Cariappa
Tale of Persecution: Vittala Malekudiya Spent 9 Years Trying to Prove he Wasn’t a Naxal
11 Nov 2021
He was a journalism student when he was arrested in 2012 and charged with sedition. Even though the police had no evidence against him, he was forced to write his exams in handcuffs.
Ajaz Ashraf
How and Why those who Trolled Shami Should be Booked
31 Oct 2021
The law provides for it, so why does not the Indian state charge those who accuse Muslims of being anti-national?
PTI
UP: Agra Lawyers Deny Legal Help to Sedition-Charged Kashmir Students
30 Oct 2021
Nasir Khuehami, national spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association, said Advocate Madhuvan Dutt Chaturvedi will defend the three students.