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sedition

Case BriefsDistrict Court

Toolkit Case | Freedom of speech includes ‘Right to seek a Global Audience’, Court draws distinction between dissenting opinion & seditious activities: Bail Granted to Disha Ravi || Detailed report

Sessions Court: Dharmendra Rana, ASJ-02 disposed of Disha A. Ravi’s application for grant of bail. Applicant’s counsel submitted that the applicant/accused had

Published on February 23, 2021March 5, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K HC | “Objectionable conversation, demeaning armed forces in the backdrop of Galwan Valley clashes”, HC acquits the person behind viral audio clip

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., addressed the instant petition whereby the petitioner was charged for sedition under Sections 124-A,

Published on February 19, 2021February 26, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Vinod Dua sedition case| In a special Sunday hearing, SC retrains HP police from arresting Vinod Dua till July 6

Supreme Court: In a relief to journalist Vinod Dua, the 3-judge bench of  U U Lalit, M M Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran,

Published on June 14, 2020June 15, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of sedition law

Supreme Court: A bench headed by AM Khanwilkar, J has refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of a proper mechanism to

Published on March 6, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends Gautam Navlakha’s interim bail

Supreme Court: The Court has extended the interim protection from arrest to activist Gautam Navlakha by four more weeks in Bhima Koregaon

Published on October 15, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cal HC | Waging War: Conviction set aside – Burden of proving charge against accused lies upon prosecution, absence whereof entitles accused to benefit of doubt

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Suvra Ghosh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by two persons who were

Published on July 12, 2019July 12, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Sedition and the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

by Ananya Kuthiala*

Published on December 12, 2017July 20, 2020By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Hardik Patel granted bail in sedition cases, but with strings attached

Gujarat High Court: Hearing upon the applications filed by Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti’s (PAAS) firebrand leader and convener Hardik Patel, who was

Published on July 11, 2016September 13, 2016By Sucheta
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Patiala House Courts, Delhi
Case BriefsDistrict Court

Interim Bail for a period of 6 months granted to Anirban Bhattacharya and Umair Khalid

Patiala House District Court, New Delhi: While hearing the bail applications of Anirban Bhattacharya and Umair Khalid under Section 439 CrPC, the

Published on March 19, 2016April 15, 2016By Sucheta
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High Courts

Mere Criticism is not Seditious

  Bombay High Court: In a major relief to cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, a bench comprising of Mohit Shah, CJ and N.M. Jamdar,

Published on March 23, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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