Sedition

Vaiko Files Plea In Madras High Court To Quash Lower Court Order

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 14, 2019

MDMK chief Vaiko has moved the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the order of a lower court, which convicted him of sedition in a 2009 case and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a year.

MDMK's Vaiko Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Polls, Day After Conviction

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday July 6, 2019

Tamil politician V Gopalaswamy or Vaiko today filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls, a day after the MDMK chief was sentenced to a year in jail for sedition by a Chennai court.

MDMK's Vaiko Sentenced To Year In Jail For Sedition, Gets Time To Appeal

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday July 5, 2019

Tamil Nadu politician V Gopalaswamy or Vaiko was sentenced to a year in jail by a Chennai court which had convicted him for sedition. The court also stayed the execution of the sentence for a month on his application.

Sedition Case Against Rapper Hard Kaur Over Posts On Yogi Adityanath, RSS

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Thursday June 20, 2019

A case of sedition has been filed against UK-based rapper Hard Kaur over her remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. The 39-year-old made the remarks in separate posts on Instagram on Monday.

Chhattisgarh Man, 53, Charged With Sedition For "Rumours" On Power Cuts

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Friday June 14, 2019

A 53-year-old man was arrested on the charges of sedition for allegedly spreading rumours over power cuts on social media in Chhattisgarh, police said.

BJP Leader's "Tukde-Tukde" Feedback For Kanhaiya Kumar Who Lost

India News | ANI | Friday May 24, 2019

Kanhaiya Kumar -- who made news after being booked in a sedition case in New Delhi in 2016 -- got 2.7 lakh votes while his opponent Giriraj Singh polled 6.92 lakh votes.

Election 2019: "It Is Sedition": Digvijaya Singh Points To Pragya Thakur's Godse Remark

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 16, 2019

Election in Bhopal is over, but Congress's Digvijaya Singh today said his opponent Pragya Singh Thakur's statement glorifying Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, calls for an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

Congress’s Divya Spandana Reminds BJP Of Sedition Amid Bengal Meme Row

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Wednesday May 15, 2019

As top BJP leaders called out the Bengal government over its handling of the controversy around the morphed photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Divya Spandana questioned the double standard on free speech.

Yogi Adityanath Guilty Of Sedition For 'Modi Sena' Remark: Ashok Gehlot

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 14, 2019

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot suggested today said that his Uttar Pradesh counterpart, Yogi Adityanath, should be charged for sedition for labelling the military as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's army

We Will Make Sedition Law Even More Stringent, Says Rajnath Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 13, 2019

Attacking the Congress over its poll promise of repealing the sedition law if elected to power in the Lok Sabha election, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the BJP government would make the law even more stringent.

Delhi Court Adjourns JNU Sedition Case Hearing Till July 23

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 8, 2019

A Delhi court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sedition case till July 23, while giving more time to the Delhi Government to decide on the issue of granting sanction or not.

Won't Let Rahul Gandhi Win By Supporting Traitors: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 8, 2019

Hitting out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his party's promise to abolish sedition law, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday that he will not be allowed to come to power by supporting "traitors".

Chargesheet In JNU Sedition Case Filed Hastily, Secretly: AAP To Court

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2019

The Delhi government told a court today that the police filed the chargesheet in the 2016 JNU sedition case in a "hasty" and "secretive manner" and that it will take over a month to decide whether to grant sanction to prosecute former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in the case.

Those Accused Of Sedition Should Not Enter Parliament: Shiv Sena Lawmaker

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 3, 2019

Shiv Sena Lok Sabha lawmawker Sanjay Raut Wednesday said those facing serious charges such as sedition should not be allowed to enter parliament.

"Shameful": Yogi Adityanath On Congress Promise To Scrap Sedition Law

India News | ANI | Wednesday April 3, 2019

Yogi Adityanath also accused Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh of not supporting Hindus and instead standing by the rioters in Muzzaffarnagar.