Sedition Law India

As many as 701 cases of sedition and offences against the State were registered from 2018 to 2022 and 5,023 cases were lodged under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the passage of three criminal justice bills that will replace as many colonial-era acts as a watershed moment in India's history, and said it marked the beginning of a new era.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the opposition for its "coloured" view of the government's decision to scrap the sedition law and replace the section with "offences against the state."

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.

Supreme Court refers petitions challenging sedition law to Constitution bench, declines Centre's request to defer hearing

The Centre's move of overhauling the Indian Penal Code also has a provision for replacing the colonial-era sedition law with Section 150 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with "acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India".

The Centre today introduced a new Bill in the parliament to overhaul the country's criminal laws.

The government on Friday announced a complete overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws to include maximum punishment for crimes like mob lynching and rape of minors and a new offence of "endangering unity" instead of sedition.

Amid a clamour for the colonial-era sedition law to be repealed, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said on Tuesday it is an important tool to safeguard the "safety and integrity of India".

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday quashed the sedition FIR filed against the management of a school in Bidar for staging a play against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizenship (NRC).

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.

With the law commission backing the sedition law, the Congress on Friday accused the BJP government of planning to make it more "draconian" and giving a message ahead of the general elections that it will be used against opposition leaders.

The Law Commission has strongly backed the sedition law and has said it should be retained with changes linked to the circumstances of its use.

The Law Commission has said it is of the considered view that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained, though certain amendments could be introduced to bring about greater clarity regarding usage of the provi

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.

As many as 701 cases of sedition and offences against the State were registered from 2018 to 2022 and 5,023 cases were lodged under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the passage of three criminal justice bills that will replace as many colonial-era acts as a watershed moment in India's history, and said it marked the beginning of a new era.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the opposition for its "coloured" view of the government's decision to scrap the sedition law and replace the section with "offences against the state."

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.

Supreme Court refers petitions challenging sedition law to Constitution bench, declines Centre's request to defer hearing

The Centre's move of overhauling the Indian Penal Code also has a provision for replacing the colonial-era sedition law with Section 150 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with "acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India".

The Centre today introduced a new Bill in the parliament to overhaul the country's criminal laws.

The government on Friday announced a complete overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws to include maximum punishment for crimes like mob lynching and rape of minors and a new offence of "endangering unity" instead of sedition.

Amid a clamour for the colonial-era sedition law to be repealed, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said on Tuesday it is an important tool to safeguard the "safety and integrity of India".

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday quashed the sedition FIR filed against the management of a school in Bidar for staging a play against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizenship (NRC).

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.

With the law commission backing the sedition law, the Congress on Friday accused the BJP government of planning to make it more "draconian" and giving a message ahead of the general elections that it will be used against opposition leaders.

The Law Commission has strongly backed the sedition law and has said it should be retained with changes linked to the circumstances of its use.

The Law Commission has said it is of the considered view that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained, though certain amendments could be introduced to bring about greater clarity regarding usage of the provi

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.