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Supreme Court Refers Challenges To Sedition Law To Constitution Bench
Supreme Court refers petitions challenging sedition law to Constitution bench, declines Centre's request to defer hearing
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Should Sedition Law Be Repealed? What Commission Said
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
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"Next, Sedition Case For This TV Channel?": Top Judge's Scathing Remark
Supreme Court Justices DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao referred to visuals aired by NDTV of a dead body - a suspected COVID-19 patient - being dumped into a river in UP, in a sarcastic swipe against the flood of sedition cases that have been filed
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Sedition Law Vague: Minister Kiren Rijiju On Why Kanhaiya Kumar Hasn't Been Charged
A year after Delhi Police booked JNU student leaders such as Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid for sedition over a controversial protest on the campus, the police are yet to file a charge-sheet against them, the first step to putting them on trial. Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju - who called the slogans raised in support of Afzal Guru and Kashmiri...
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Malaysia Draws More Fire on Rights with Sedition Revisions
Malaysia's government plans to strengthen its much-criticised sedition law with longer jail terms and other changes, fresh after enacting an anti-terrorism law denounced by the opposition and rights groups as a threat to civil liberties.
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Malaysia's Sedition Act Crackdown 'Chilling' Free Speech
A Malaysian government crackdown under its Sedition Act is creating a climate of fear in the country, according to rising numbers of critics who say it could stunt a recent flowering in freedom of speech.
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Supreme Court Refers Challenges To Sedition Law To Constitution Bench
Supreme Court refers petitions challenging sedition law to Constitution bench, declines Centre's request to defer hearing
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Should Sedition Law Be Repealed? What Commission Said
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
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"Next, Sedition Case For This TV Channel?": Top Judge's Scathing Remark
Supreme Court Justices DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao referred to visuals aired by NDTV of a dead body - a suspected COVID-19 patient - being dumped into a river in UP, in a sarcastic swipe against the flood of sedition cases that have been filed
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Sedition Law Vague: Minister Kiren Rijiju On Why Kanhaiya Kumar Hasn't Been Charged
A year after Delhi Police booked JNU student leaders such as Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid for sedition over a controversial protest on the campus, the police are yet to file a charge-sheet against them, the first step to putting them on trial. Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju - who called the slogans raised in support of Afzal Guru and Kashmiri...
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Malaysia Draws More Fire on Rights with Sedition Revisions
Malaysia's government plans to strengthen its much-criticised sedition law with longer jail terms and other changes, fresh after enacting an anti-terrorism law denounced by the opposition and rights groups as a threat to civil liberties.
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Malaysia's Sedition Act Crackdown 'Chilling' Free Speech
A Malaysian government crackdown under its Sedition Act is creating a climate of fear in the country, according to rising numbers of critics who say it could stunt a recent flowering in freedom of speech.
