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 court sets Feb 9 for charge framing in sedition case against ousted PM HasinaA Bangladesh court has scheduled February 9 for a hearing on charge framing in a sedition case against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...
21 Jan, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
326 sedition cases filed in 2014-19; only 6 convictedAccording to the Union Home Ministry data, a total of 326 cases were registered under the sedition law -- the highest, 54, in Assam -- betw...
10 May, 2022, 10.21 PM IST
Maharashtra Congress says 326 sedition cases filed in first term of PM Modi; slams BJPThe Modi government even denied a straw and sipper to (octogenarian activist and Elgar Parishad Maoist links case accused ) Stan Swamy (who...
06 May, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
326 sedition cases filed in India between 2014-19; only 6 convictionsSC last week observed that Section 124 (A) of the IPC -- offence of sedition -- has been enormously misused and asked the Centre why it was...
18 Jul, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Sedition case: Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to filmmaker Aisha SultanaA case was registered on June 9 under section 124-A (sedition) and 153 B (hate speech) of IPC on the basis of a petition lodged by a politi...
25 Jun, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Time has come to define limits of sedition law: Supreme CourtIn this context, Justice Chandrachud said: “We recently saw a video of a body being thrown into a river. We wonder if a sedition case has b...
31 May, 2021, 11.36 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
96 arrests in 93 sedition cases in 2019: GovtAs many as 93 cases of sedition were registered in different parts of the country in 2019 in which 96 people were arrested, the Rajya Sabha...
10 Feb, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
Will fight politically, legally sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar: CPIThe Delhi government on Friday gave a go-ahead to the city police to prosecute former JNUSU president Kumar and nine others in connection w...
29 Feb, 2020, 04.32 PM IST
Over 45% rise in sedition cases in 2017: NCRB DataThe total number of sedition cases increased from 35 in 2016 to 51 in 2017, where 228 persons were arrested by the police, compared to 48 i...
23 Oct, 2019, 09.09 AM IST
JNU sedition case: Court grants Delhi police time till September 18 to procure requisite sanctionsKhurana on Tuesday passed the order after Delhi police told the court that no sanction has been received from authorities to prosecute Kuma...
23 Jul, 2019, 11.57 AM IST
77 cases of sedition registered in 2014-15: GovernmentIn 2014, the highest number of 18 sedition cases were registered in Jharkhand, among all states, followed by Bihar, where 16 sedition cases...
21 Mar, 2017, 03.02 PM 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
CPI(M) criticises registration of sedition case against Sitaram YechuryCPI(M) today condemned registration of a sedition case against party general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders over th...
29 Feb, 2016, 02.40 PM IST
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 ...
21 Dec, 2015, 07.52 PM IST