Government Order Sedition

The Manipur government has warned people against spreading fake news and misinformation on social media amid the sensitive law and order situation in the state.

The controversial sedition law will be on hold as the government reviews it and those in jail can approach courts for bail, the Supreme Court ordered today.

The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era relic. Those jailed for sedition can approach courts for bail.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the central government did not get any case registered against the 49 celebrities, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob killing.

The BJP-led government in Tripura today ordered the police to file FIR (First Information Report) with sedition charges against two tribal leaders and one tribal human rights activist for participating in a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at Khumulwng, the headquarters of the Tripura Autonomous District Council on January 30. The pol...

Two videos of a controversial event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU - taken as evidence against students charged with sedition - were doctored, a forensic investigation ordered by the Delhi government has revealed.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that he and his cabinet colleagues will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today to the discuss the law and order situation after the violence that followed the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.

The Delhi Government on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the ongoing controversy at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University that has acquired a political colour. The Congress alleged that its senior leader Anand Sharma was attacked by students of the BJP-linked union. The campus has been on the boil since Friday, when a student was arrested and charged...

Hardik Patel, Gujarat's 22-year-old politician may have to remain in jail till January 5 next year, with the Supreme Court ordering today that investigation into sedition charges against him should continue.

A Maharashtra government order on sedition that banned any criticism of the government or politicians was put on hold by a court today.

A government circular in Maharashtra that rewords court guidelines to project a harsher view on what constitutes sedition has provoked outrage in the state.

Chastened by the outrage caused by the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for "sedition", the Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into how he came to be booked for the serious offense.

The Manipur government has warned people against spreading fake news and misinformation on social media amid the sensitive law and order situation in the state.

The controversial sedition law will be on hold as the government reviews it and those in jail can approach courts for bail, the Supreme Court ordered today.

The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era relic. Those jailed for sedition can approach courts for bail.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the central government did not get any case registered against the 49 celebrities, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob killing.

The BJP-led government in Tripura today ordered the police to file FIR (First Information Report) with sedition charges against two tribal leaders and one tribal human rights activist for participating in a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at Khumulwng, the headquarters of the Tripura Autonomous District Council on January 30. The pol...

Two videos of a controversial event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU - taken as evidence against students charged with sedition - were doctored, a forensic investigation ordered by the Delhi government has revealed.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that he and his cabinet colleagues will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today to the discuss the law and order situation after the violence that followed the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.

The Delhi Government on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the ongoing controversy at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University that has acquired a political colour. The Congress alleged that its senior leader Anand Sharma was attacked by students of the BJP-linked union. The campus has been on the boil since Friday, when a student was arrested and charged...

Hardik Patel, Gujarat's 22-year-old politician may have to remain in jail till January 5 next year, with the Supreme Court ordering today that investigation into sedition charges against him should continue.

A Maharashtra government order on sedition that banned any criticism of the government or politicians was put on hold by a court today.

A government circular in Maharashtra that rewords court guidelines to project a harsher view on what constitutes sedition has provoked outrage in the state.

Chastened by the outrage caused by the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for "sedition", the Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into how he came to be booked for the serious offense.