Delhi HC grants interim bail to Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid for father's funeralBaramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid has been granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court until June 2 following the death of his father. Curr...
18 May, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Bangladesh HC rejects bail plea of Hindu monk Chinmoy DasThe High Court of Bangladesh has denied bail for Brahmachari Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk facing serious charges in the murder trial o...
11 May, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Journalist bodies welcome Supreme Court verdict on sedition case against Vinod DuaLauding the verdict, while the EGI demanded repeal of the "draconian" and "antiquated" sedition laws, the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC)...
04 Jun, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Congress, govt engage in war of words in Lok Sabha over sedition casesDuring the Question Hour, Congress member from Telangana Anumula Revanth Reddy sought the number of cases registered under the offence of s...
16 Mar, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Cong, govt engage in war of words in Lok Sabha over sedition casesDuring the Question Hour, Congress member from Telangana Anumula Revanth Reddy sought the number of cases registered under the offence of s...
16 Mar, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
Arrests under sedition charges rise but conviction falls to 3%Between 2016 and 2019, the number of cases filed under Section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) increased by 160% while the ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.51 AM IST
Amnesty International case: Raising slogans not a case fit to be charged with sedition, says Digvijay singh“Simply raising slogans is not a fit case to be charged with Sedition. It is a law which British used against our Leaders in Freedom Moveme...
18 Aug, 2016, 02.04 AM IST
Eknath Khadse should be booked for sedition: Arvind KejriwalHe also came out in support of withdrawal of the sedition charge against Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who is lodged in jail, asks for the w...
05 Jun, 2016, 01.51 PM IST
Take a look at the data on ‘offences against the state’While generally all crimes are against the state, there are some criminal activities that are directed against the existence of the state i...
18 Feb, 2016, 05.52 AM IST
Surat Police opposes Hardik's bail plea in sedition case22-year-old Hardik, the Patel quota agitation leader, had on October 3, last year allegedly advised a Surat-based activist from his communi...
08 Feb, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
Hardik Patel named in second sedition caseChargesheet contains Hardik's call details, his aides, statements of over 500 witnesses and certificates from forensic lab on call details.
19 Jan, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Hardik Patel denied bail in sedition case by Surat courtThe prosecution also argued that there is high possibility that Hardik will not cooperate in investigation once released on bail.
10 Dec, 2015, 03.08 PM IST
Supreme Court sends Hardik Patel's plea against sedition charge to another benchA bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and Amitava Roy, which heard Patel's lawyer Kapil Sibal for over half-an-hour, merely said "we will send...
04 Nov, 2015, 05.41 PM IST
Kashmiri students booked for sedition for cheering Pakistan teamAround 60 Kashmiri college students studying in Meerut were charged with sedition by Uttar Pradesh police for cheering Pakistan's victory a...
06 Mar, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
After Raj Thackeray, Bal Thackeray now backs cartoonist Aseem TrivediA day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray backed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today came out in his support.
12 Sep, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Will Arundhati, Geelani be charged for sedition?
A Delhi court is likely to decide on Saturday whether criminal proceedings can be initiated against Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Arundhati Roy...
27 Nov, 2010, 02.56 PM IST
- In defence of free speech: Forget charges of sedition
In a free society, charges of sedition are legitimate only in extreme cases, not whenever it is inconvenient.
27 Oct, 2010, 01.02 AM IST