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Singing Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ is ‘Sedition’: Nagpur Police Book Organisers of Vira Sathidar Memorial
A group of young cultural activists sang the lyrics of Faiz’s famous poem last week. The police complaint says, 'At a time when the country valiantly fought Pakistani forces, the radical left in Nagpur were busy singing Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem.'
How & Why India’s Law Commission has urged a cap on Free Speech: Sedition
CJP Team -
The 22nd Report of the Indian Law Commission flies in the face of serious judicial pronouncements, jurisprudence and modern thinking
Kashmiri students charged with Sedition for cheering for Pakistan cricketers get bail
They were arrested on October 27, for allegedly cheering for Pakistani team after it beat India at T20 Cricket World Cup
Booked for Sedition at LGBTQ rally, two former TISS students get protection from arrest
They were apprehended for allegedly shouting slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ rally at Azad Maidan last year
Will the Private Member Bill to delete sedition from IPC be considered?
The debate against sedition has started gaining momentum as the Supreme Court has agreed to test the constitutional validity of the colonial era law that continues to haunt criminal jurisprudence
Courts unshackle chains of sedition
Recently, two High Courts and one Sessions Court granted bail in cases of sedition observing lack of material to suffice the ingredients of the offence
I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?
(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...
Citizens have the right to criticise the Government without inciting violence: SC
The court in the Vinod Dua case, has ruled that Sedition can be invoked only when there is a tendency to create public disorder
64 percent increase in Sedition cases since 2015
The conviction rate has been abysmally low; since 2015 a total of 279 cases have been registered and only 5 cases have ended in conviction
Why free speech supporters should consider Disha Ravi’s arrest a cause for concern
PMS leader Poonam Kaushik says rising arrests indicate more women being assertive in a steadily intolerant India.
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over sedition FIRs
Six journalists and Dr. Tharoor have been booked for their alleged misleading tweets that claimed that the Police shot dead a Sikh youth during the Republic Day tractor parade