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ICF Team
Constitutional Challenges to Sedition Law Amid Rising Cases
01 Aug 2021
Earlier this month in a petition challenging constitutional validity of the law of sedition, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the matter and issued a notice to the Centre.
ICF Team
Constitutional Challenges to Sedition Law Amid Rising Cases
28 Jul 2021
The law of sedition, which was introduced in India by the British colonial government, has been repealed in England.
Suhit K Sen
Not Just Sedition, Supreme Court Should Take Up Misuse of UAPA and NSA Too
21 Jul 2021
Taking out sedition law will help only if the court’s focus on citizens’ right to dissent and liberty
Mihir Desai
Why the Supreme Court Must Declare Sedition Law Unconstitutional
11 Jun 2021
In a kaleidoscopic analysis dealing with both data and recent case law on the rampant misuse of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which provides for the offence of sedition, as well as placing…
Newsclick Report
More Journalists Groups Hail SC Verdict on Use of Sedition Law Against Vinod Dua
04 Jun 2021
Strike down outdated law, demand NAJ and DUJ, while IWPC hopes judgement will bring relief to journalists already in jail.
The Leaflet
SC Agrees to Examine Validity of Colonial Era Sedition Law; Issues Notice to Centre
01 May 2021
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code(IPC).
Newsclick Production
History of 'Sedition' and Importance of Disha Ravi's Bail Order
28 Feb 2021
Was Disha Ravi protesting in a peaceful manner or was she engaged in seditious activities in its guise? Judge Dharmendra Rana wrote about this basic question in detail in the bail order for Disha…
Subhash Gatade
If Comment is Free, Why are Dissenters Being Locked Up?
22 Feb 2021
The State look the other way only when right-wing footsoldiers target innocent people and provoke violence.
ICF Team
Message from Gandhi: Sedition Law is ‘Designed to Suppress the Liberty of the Citizen’
02 Oct 2020
On the 151st birth anniversary of Gandhi, let’s recall his views on sedition and the message about the importance of nonviolent resistance reflected through it.
Ajaz Ashraf
By Invoking Sedition Law in Rajasthan, Congress has Betrayed its Promise to Abolish it
21 Jul 2020
When there are legal remedies to corruption it is unnecessary to expand the scope of a very heavy-handed law.