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Iran condemns US sanctions on Iranian ambassador and other officials for 'undermining Lebanon's sovereignty'Iran has strongly condemned new US sanctions targeting its ambassador-designate to Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Rauf Sheibani, and other Iranian ...- Pakistan Army sentences former officer to 14 years on sedition chargesRetired Lieutenant Colonel Akbar Hussain was convicted and sentenced through Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under the Pakistan Army Act...
- Increase jail term in sedition cases to 7 years: Law commission recommendationThe current Section 124A of IPC reads as follows: "Sedition-Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible represen...
- Untool this hammer from the IPC kitIn 2014, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) began keeping separate records on sedition cases. It shows an annual increase in cases re...
- Farmers' protest: Sedition law cannot be invoked to quieten disquiet, says Delhi courtAdditional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana made the observation while granting bail to two persons - Devi Lal Burdak and Swaroop Ram - arres...
- Scrap sedition law, a colonial hangover: Kapil SibalHe also called for a change in the government to save the country. "Scrap sedition law (section 124A,IPC), a colonial hangover.
- Law panel preparing report on whether sedition law should be scrapped or notBesides holding consultations with stakeholders, seeking opinions of legal luminaries, the commission is examining a private member’s bill ...
- Mere criticism of govt or policies not sedition: Supreme CourtThe SC clarified in its 1962 verdict that a "citizen has a right to say or write whatever he likes about the government, or its measures, b...
- No sedition laws against critics: Supreme CourtSedition, which entails a life term in jail, could only be invoked if all the guidelines laid down in an earlier ruling were met, a bench o...
- NGO moves Supreme Court over sedition law, says it harasses students, intellectualsCommon Cause, a New Delhi-based non-government organisation has alleged that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was being increasingly m...
- Will government move on Shashi Tharoor's sedition bill?On the same day, Tharoor had also moved for an amendment to Section 377 of IPC which criminalises unnatural sex, but it was rejected by the...
- Kanhaiya Kumar cries conspiracy, says videos "doctored"JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, has claimed he is a victim of conspiracy and falsely implicated by "fabricatin...
- 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...
- 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.
- HC notices to Gujarat govt, police on Hardik's bail pleaThe Gujarat High Court today issued notices to the state government and police on Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's bail plea in ...
- 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.
- Sedition case: Hardik Patel's voice spectrography test positiveThe FSL conducted the test on request of the city crime branch, which charged Hardik with sedition and "waging war against government" in i...
- 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...
- Gujarat: Second sedition case against Hardik Patel; two aides arrestedHardik is currently in the custody of Surat police. The ACP said he may be arrested in the present case by seeking a transfer warrant.
- Cops face legal hurdle in slapping sedition chargeIf the police book a sedition case against writer Arundhati Roy, they will have to prove that her speeches on Kashmir, were an ‘‘ incitemen...
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