Report On Sedition

Thai police on Tuesday arrested two activists on sedition charges after they reportedly tried to interfere with a royal motorcade in the latest challenge to the kingdom's monarchy.

The government will take an "informed and reasoned" decision on the Law Commission report on sedition after holding consultations with all stakeholders, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Friday.

Leichombam Erendro, a Manipur-based political activist arrested in May on charges ofsedition - for writing "cow dung and cow urine don't work" on Facebook - wasreleased from jail on Monday evening, following an order from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today questioned the sedition law, calling it "colonial" as it observed that the British-era law holds "enormous power" for misuse. The bench also asked whether it was "still necessary after 75 years of Independence".

Chhattisgarh police have filed a sedition case against G P Singh, an IPS officer, who was suspended earlier this week in a disproportionate assets case following raids at his premises, officials said on Friday.

The Supreme Court today cancelled a sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua and said a 1962 order protects every journalist from such charges.

The Supreme Court today put on hold Andhra Pradesh's action against two TV channels and issued notice to the state government asserting, "It's time we define limits of sedition."

Rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghurama Krishnam Raju, arrested on sedition charges last week, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today. The court observed that he may have been ill-treated in police custody.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response to a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises sedition.

Hours after Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old climate activist who was arrested February 13 in connection with the "toolkit" case and charged with sedition, was granted bail by a Delhi court, her mother spoke to NDTV, and expressed her joy and relief

Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old climate activist arrested and accused of sedition and conspiracy by the Delhi Police in the Toolkit case, is a kind person who does not believe in violence and her arrest is a message to young people from the government, said her acquaintance.

The Supreme Court today barred any agency from arresting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in cases relating to their tweets in connection with the Republic Day tractor rally violence in New Delhi. The cases will be taken up for hearing after two weeks, the court said.

The Delhi police said Thursday its investigation into an "overseas conspiracy" taking advantage of the farmer protests was not against Greta Thunberg but a "toolkit" that she had tweeted, allegedly linked to a "Khalistani group".

Greta Thunberg's controversial tweet on a "toolkit" for supporting the farmer protests was cited in a case filed on Thursday by the Delhi Police that includes charges of sedition, an overseas "conspiracy" and an attempt to "promote enmity between groups".

Multiple police cases have been filed in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists for allegedly "misreporting" and "spreading disharmony" on Republic Day when a tractor rally by farmers turned violent in Delhi. All of them face charges including sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity under ...

Thai police on Tuesday arrested two activists on sedition charges after they reportedly tried to interfere with a royal motorcade in the latest challenge to the kingdom's monarchy.

The government will take an "informed and reasoned" decision on the Law Commission report on sedition after holding consultations with all stakeholders, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Friday.

Leichombam Erendro, a Manipur-based political activist arrested in May on charges ofsedition - for writing "cow dung and cow urine don't work" on Facebook - wasreleased from jail on Monday evening, following an order from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today questioned the sedition law, calling it "colonial" as it observed that the British-era law holds "enormous power" for misuse. The bench also asked whether it was "still necessary after 75 years of Independence".

Chhattisgarh police have filed a sedition case against G P Singh, an IPS officer, who was suspended earlier this week in a disproportionate assets case following raids at his premises, officials said on Friday.

The Supreme Court today cancelled a sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua and said a 1962 order protects every journalist from such charges.

The Supreme Court today put on hold Andhra Pradesh's action against two TV channels and issued notice to the state government asserting, "It's time we define limits of sedition."

Rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghurama Krishnam Raju, arrested on sedition charges last week, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today. The court observed that he may have been ill-treated in police custody.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response to a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises sedition.

Hours after Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old climate activist who was arrested February 13 in connection with the "toolkit" case and charged with sedition, was granted bail by a Delhi court, her mother spoke to NDTV, and expressed her joy and relief

Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old climate activist arrested and accused of sedition and conspiracy by the Delhi Police in the Toolkit case, is a kind person who does not believe in violence and her arrest is a message to young people from the government, said her acquaintance.

The Supreme Court today barred any agency from arresting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in cases relating to their tweets in connection with the Republic Day tractor rally violence in New Delhi. The cases will be taken up for hearing after two weeks, the court said.

The Delhi police said Thursday its investigation into an "overseas conspiracy" taking advantage of the farmer protests was not against Greta Thunberg but a "toolkit" that she had tweeted, allegedly linked to a "Khalistani group".

Greta Thunberg's controversial tweet on a "toolkit" for supporting the farmer protests was cited in a case filed on Thursday by the Delhi Police that includes charges of sedition, an overseas "conspiracy" and an attempt to "promote enmity between groups".

Multiple police cases have been filed in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists for allegedly "misreporting" and "spreading disharmony" on Republic Day when a tractor rally by farmers turned violent in Delhi. All of them face charges including sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity under ...