Sedition Charges
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Hong Kong enacts Article 23: How will contentious new national security law affect common people?
Explainers | Mar 19, 2024, 07:08 PM ISTThe news Hong Kong law threatens stringent penalties for a wide range of actions authorities call threats to national security, with the most severe — including treason and insurrection — punishable by life imprisonment.
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Sedition Law: Govt may bring changes in upcoming Winter Session, Centre tells SC
India | Nov 01, 2022, 06:07 AM ISTSedition Law: In the landmark order passed on May 11, the court had put the contentious law on hold till the Centre completed its promised review of the colonial relic and also asked the Union and state governments not to register any fresh case invoking the offence.
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From Disha Ravi to Arundhati, Supreme Court sedition law stay to impact several high-profile cases
India | May 11, 2022, 07:18 PM ISTAccording to a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, a total of 356 cases of sedition were registered and 548 people arrested between 2015 and 2020, out of which only six were convicted.
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Delhi Court frames sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam
India | Mar 16, 2022, 07:07 AM ISTThe 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.
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India Vs Pak match row: Sedition charges against those celebrating Pakistan’s victory, says UP CM
India | Oct 28, 2021, 09:43 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Police has booked seven people in a total of five districts and taken five people in custody for allegedly raising Pro-Pak slogans or celebrating Pakistan's victory over India in the T20 Cricket World Cup.
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Sedition case: Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to filmmaker Aisha Sultana
India | Jun 25, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTThe Kerala High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to filmmaker Aisha Sultana in the sedition case registered against her by Kavaratti Police of Lakshadweep.
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Dhinakaran booked for distribution of pamphlets with remarks against Modi, TN CM
National | Oct 02, 2017, 08:20 PM ISTThis is the second case slapped against Dhinakaran, who is engaged in a tussle for power with Palaniswami, by the state police
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35 sedition cases registered in 2016, govt tells LS
National | Aug 01, 2017, 03:05 PM ISTOf 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,
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Markandey Katju booked under sedition charges for ‘package deal’ offering Bihar along with Kashmir to Pakistan
India | Sep 28, 2016, 06:54 PM ISTFuming 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