In its significant order on the law that has been under intense public scrutiny, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said there was a need to balance the interest of civil liberties and interests of citizens with that of the state.
Supreme Court said that those already facing sedition charges can approach courts for bail.
The Supreme Court had asked the Centre to reply to the suggestion that the filing of sedition cases be kept at abeyance till re-examination.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana has scheduled the matter for hearing on May 10. The bench will hear the arguments on whether the petitions challenging the validity of sedition under Section 124A should be referred to a Constitution bench.
The Court had passed the direction for framing of charges on Jan 24, 2022. Court had dismissed the regular bail plea of Sharjeel. The court has listed the case for further hearing on Mar 26, 2022.
Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice to the prosecution and asked it to file a reply to the bail plea while listing the matter for further hearing on February 11, 2022.
The top court made these observations while granting protection from arrest to a suspended senior ADG rank-officer, Gurjinder Pal Singh, against whom two criminal cases -- sedition and amassing disproportionate assets -- have been filed by the Chhattisgarh government.
The threat was made through a recorded phone call to a majority of Shimla-based journalists simultaneously at 10.54 am. The caller identified himself as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the general counsel for the SFJ.
The Kerala High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to filmmaker Aisha Sultana in the sedition case registered against her by Kavaratti Police of Lakshadweep.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Delhi government for its sanction to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case, saying the Kejriwal dispensation is "no less ill-informed than the Centre" in its understanding of the sedition law.
A Delhi Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to file a status report relating to the issue of pendency of sanction in the JNU sedition case to prosecute student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and others.
As the hunt is on to nab former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, police has said that they will take action against people-entities if they are found sheltering him since he has been booked under sedition.
A Delhi court has granted interim protection from arrest to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader and Jammu and Kashmir People's movement leader Shehla Rashid, who has been booked under the sedition law for allegedly tweeting against the Indian Army.
A court here on Tuesday granted two months to the Delhi police to secure the requisite sanctions to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case.
Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offence of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never sought any leniency.
A case has been registered against rapper Hard Kaur under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including sedition for her posts against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
"You don't have approval from legal department, why did you file chargesheet without approval from Delhi government? The court cannot recognise the chargesheet untill you have due approval," the court said.
Police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during the event.
The case was filed under Indian Penal Case sections involving sedition, confirmed the lawyer.
165 people were arrested on the charge of sedition in the last three years across the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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