Sedition Law In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear in January a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the IPC provision on sedition, months after the Centre introduced in Parliament bills to replace the colonial-era penal statutes.

With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court's stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government.

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 Supreme Court today stayed the country's colonial-era sedition law after the Centre's u-turn in the last hearing. The Centre had argued against it saying it can't be stayed based on just a few Public Interest Litigations (PIL).

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.

Sedition cases already filed should not be put on hold while the law is under review, the government told the Supreme Court today, recommending, for now, a change in the way such cases are filed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and states to refrain from registering any FIR invoking sedition charges till further reexamination is over

The hearing on sedition in Supreme Court came a day after the government said it had decided to review the legislation.

The government today faced tough questions in the Supreme Court today, a day after it sought more time saying it had decided to review a colonial-era sedition law.

Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law.

The Supreme Court had asked the government last year why it was not repealing the sedition law used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi.

The pleas challenging the colonial-era sedition law were filed by five parties including the Editors Guild of India and Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra.

The Centre has sought time from the Supreme Court to file its response on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the colonial era penal law on sedition.

After the Supreme Court called the sedition law "colonial", journalists Patricia Mukhim and Anuradha Bhasin have joined a list of activists who have moved the top court to challenge the constitutional validity of the controversial law.

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 on Wednesday said it will hear in January a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the IPC provision on sedition, months after the Centre introduced in Parliament bills to replace the colonial-era penal statutes.

With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court's stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government.

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 Supreme Court today stayed the country's colonial-era sedition law after the Centre's u-turn in the last hearing. The Centre had argued against it saying it can't be stayed based on just a few Public Interest Litigations (PIL).

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.

Sedition cases already filed should not be put on hold while the law is under review, the government told the Supreme Court today, recommending, for now, a change in the way such cases are filed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and states to refrain from registering any FIR invoking sedition charges till further reexamination is over

The hearing on sedition in Supreme Court came a day after the government said it had decided to review the legislation.

The government today faced tough questions in the Supreme Court today, a day after it sought more time saying it had decided to review a colonial-era sedition law.

Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law.

The Supreme Court had asked the government last year why it was not repealing the sedition law used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi.

The pleas challenging the colonial-era sedition law were filed by five parties including the Editors Guild of India and Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra.

The Centre has sought time from the Supreme Court to file its response on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the colonial era penal law on sedition.

After the Supreme Court called the sedition law "colonial", journalists Patricia Mukhim and Anuradha Bhasin have joined a list of activists who have moved the top court to challenge the constitutional validity of the controversial law.

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.