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SC to examine interpretation of sedition law over right of press

The two channels were booked by Andhra Pradesh police for alleged sedition in showing 'offensive' speeches of YSR Congress rebel MP K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju.

Rajya Sabha: Oppn questions increase in number of sedition cases

Several Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday raised questions regarding the increasing number of sedition cases being registered.

5,128 UAPA cases, 229 sedition cases lodged in five years: Government

As many as 5,128 cases under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA and 229 on charges of sedition have been lodged across the country in a five-year period from 2015

Toolkit case: Court grants bail to Disha; says sedition can't be invoked

In a 18-page order, Judge Rana made some hard hitting observations while terming the evidence produced by the police as "scanty and sketchy"

Toolkit case: Climate activist Disha Ravi released from Tihar jail

Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case, was released from Tihar jail on Tuesday night after a city court granted her bail.

An irrational fear of civil society

Through a series of innovative measures, the government has succeeded in kneecapping NGOs, if not finishing them off entirely

Best of BS Opinion: Sedition vs dissent, make tribunals first court & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Time to test the power of statesmanship

Anger, abuse and repression have not helped the government find a solution to farm impasse, but magnanimity might

Sedition vs dissent

The law is increasingly being misused against critics

Best of BS Opinion: A different Modi, politics takes economic turn & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

SC dismisses plea challenging colonial era provision of sedition

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea which challenged the Constitutional validity of colonial era provision of sedition under the Indian Penal Code

Tharoor, 6 journalists booked for sedition in UP over Delhi's Jan 26 chaos

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists have been booked by the Noida Police for sedition, among other charges, over the violence during farmers' tractor rally in Delhi, officials said

UP students booked for sedition for allegedly raising anti-national slogans

Six students of a college here were booked for sedition after its principal lodged a complaint accusing them of raising "anti-national slogans" during a protest on the institute's campus, police said

Journalist, 3 others booked for sedition after being held on way to Hathras

Uttar Pradesh police booked four persons including Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan on sedition and other charges, two days after they were held while on their way to Hathras

Hathras: FIR for bid to trigger caste conflict, sedition charge included

The Hathras Police have lodged an FIR against "unknown" persons for alleged attempt to trigger caste-based conflict and invoked serious charges, including sedition, officials said on Monday

Activist charged with sedition for post on meeting between Amit Shah, RS MP

The photo was clicked when Sanajaoba, a BJP leader, met Shah at his residence during a visit to Delhi

India in the age of contempt

Are contempt proceedings the best way of protecting the dignity of the court?

Delhi govt gives permission to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition row

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier said he would ask for an early decision on the matter

Sedition charge slapped against woman in Karnataka for 'pro-Pak slogans'

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said the woman had links with Naxals.

Sedition case against Chudawala in Mumbai for 'anti-national' slogans

The case was registered by the Azad Maidan police after a video purportedly of Chudawala raising the slogans went viral after the LGBTQ event on February 1