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Doctor prescribing cure that is worse than disease: Chidambaram on Law Commission's recommendations on sedition lawWith the law commission backing the sedition law, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the panel's recommendation is a cas...05 Jun, 2023, 01.44 PM IST- Mind your tendency! Law panel says retain Sedition Law; suggests 7-year jail or lifeNot only the Law Commission has proposed enhancement of punishment from existing three years to seven years, it has proposed a significant ...03 Jun, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
- Law Commission bats for sedition law, says don't repeal, just put in place some safeguardsAmid continuous allegations of rampant misuse, there have been demands from various quarters in India that the provision be repealed like c...02 Jun, 2023, 11.23 AM IST
- SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition lawA bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha has listed for hearing as many as 12 petitions, including the one...08 Jan, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
- Order putting sedition law on hold to continue, SC grants time to CentreThe offence of sedition, which was included in section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 1890, has been under intense public scrutiny ...31 Oct, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
- Sedition law: Rijiju hits back at Chidambaram; reminds him of decisions taken by Nehru, IndiraAs the Supreme Court put on hold the application of sedition law, Rijiju had on Wednesday invoked "Lakshman Rekha" guiding different instit...12 May, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
- Centre agrees to reconsider sedition law, here's all that you need to knowThe apex court has been hearing a bunch of petitions against sedition law which has attracted a lot of attention over its alleged misuse by...10 May, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
- P Chidambaram takes dig at law minister over 'no proposal to scrap sedition law', Kiren Rijiju hits backResponding to a question by Assam MP Badruddin Ajmal on whether the Supreme Court has recently termed the sedition law as colonial and has ...11 Dec, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
- Strike down sedition law, offensive parts of UAPA, retired Justice Rohinton Nariman urges SCJustice Nariman has said that it is "important for the court" to strike down Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which c...11 Oct, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
- Why you aren't repealing British era sedition law used against Gandhi, SC asks CentreThe sedition law was meant to suppress the freedom movement and was used by the Britishers to silence Mahatma Gandhi and others, the court ...15 Jul, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
- 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...16 Feb, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
- 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.16 Jan, 2019, 04.07 PM IST
- Defamation, sedition laws under panel's scrutinyThese include laws relating to sedition, defamation and absence of safeguards in the realm of online trolling, right to privacy etc.18 Oct, 2016, 11.12 AM IST
- Justice Rajinder Sacher calls for repealing sedition lawsJustice Rajinder Sacher urged people to unite and launch a movement for repealing the 'sedition laws - 124A' of Indian Penal Code.07 May, 2016, 07.18 PM IST
- Sedition law 'necessary' to stop talks against country: N Santosh Hegde"I believe in sedition law. I am a patriot. Any patriot cannot go on abusing the country," the retired Supreme Court judge said.22 Feb, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
- Drop sedition law from penal code, demands Mumbai Press ClubCondemning the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, the Mumbai Press Club demanded that the section of sedition must be droppe...11 Sep, 2012, 07.08 PM IST
- Sedition laws outdated, says MoilyLaw Minister M Veerappa Moily dubbed sedition laws as "outdated" and said he would ask the Law Commission to study the issue.15 Apr, 2011, 06.04 PM IST
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