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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
New Delhi: Former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani's judicial custody has been extended till March 16.Geelani was arrested two weeks ago, in connection with an event at the Press Club of India here where anti-national
Hyderabad: A sedition case has been filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and 6 others in Telangana in connection with the JNU row. The remaining
New Delhi: Police were tonight looking for four JNU students on the campus in connection with a sedition case, after receiving information that they were spotted there this evening."We have received some information about their
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