"Sedition charges can only be invoked where the intention behind any act is to overthrow the government with violence and illegal means," it observed.
The case was filed under Indian Penal Case sections involving sedition, confirmed the lawyer.
This is the second case slapped against Dhinakaran, who is engaged in a tussle for power with Palaniswami, by the state police
Of the 35 cases under sedition charges (Section 124A of IPC), 12 were registered in Haryana, six in Uttar Pradesh, three each in Karnataka and Kerala and two each in Maharashtra, Telangana and Delhi,
165 people were arrested on the charge of sedition in the last three years across the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
Kanhaiya Kumar and 29 other JNU students have been asked to join the probe into alleged raising of anti-national slogans on the campus in February last year.
The former all-India head of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Safdar Nagori, and his 10 accomplices were on Monday awarded life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Indore on Monday
A Malayalam writer and theatre artistwas today charged with sedition for allegedly insulting to the national anthem. Kamal C Chavara, alias Kamalsy Prana, was taken into custody on charges of insulting thenational anthem in
A case was today filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam under sedition law for “seeking proof” of the September 28 surgical strikes carried out by Indian army
Fuming anger over the remarks of former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju offering Kashmir to Pakistan on the condition that it takes Bihar too has led to the former jurist being booked under charges of
The Supreme Court today sent out a clear message stating that sedition or defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone for criticising the government. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit said,
A total of 30 sedition cases were filed in 2015 with nine being registered in Bihar, followed by three each in Haryana, Karnataka and Kerala.Nationally, there were 17 less cases compared to that in 2014.
Amid the rising number of sedition cases in India, including one on Amnesty International India for hosting a Kashmir event where alleged anti-India slogans were raised, the United States has backed the human rights group
a sedition case has been filed against her by an advocate at the office of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class Court at Somavarapete in Karnataka’s Madikeri for her remarks.
Bengaluru Police on Monday filed a sedition case against Amnesty International's India chapter in connection with alleged raising of anti-India slogans during a debate it organised in the city. The debate on Saturday
New Delhi: JNU student Umar Khalid, who is out on bail in a sedition case and was on a hunger strike for the last 11 days, was taken to AIIMS in wee hours today after
Justice Rajinder Sachar today urged people to unite and launch a movement for repealing the 'sedition laws - 124A' of Indian Penal Code.
In an exclusive interview to indiatvnews.com, Prof Paranjape discussed at length the root cause of the JNU controversy, including the slapping of sedition charges against JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, followed by his subsequent arrest.
Plea in Delhi court for FIR against Asaduddin Owaisi on sedition charge
The Patiala House court in Delhi has granted an interim bail of six months to Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, two students accused in a case of sedition over an event to commemorate the hanging of Parliament convict Afzal Guru on the JNU campus
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