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  Can sedition be redefined in a country like India, asks law panel

  India | August 30, 2018 23:23 IST

  "Sedition charges can only be invoked where the intention behind any act is to overthrow the government with violence and illegal means," it observed.

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  SIMI chief Safdar Nagori, 10 others get life imprisonment

  India | February 28, 2017 7:07 IST

  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

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  Criticism of government cannot invite sedition, defamation charges: Supreme Court

  India | September 05, 2016 18:45 IST

  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,

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  US backs Amnesty in sedition case, says it supports ‘right to freedom of expression’

  World | August 23, 2016 15:41 IST

  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

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  Sedition case against Amnesty International India for ‘anti-India slogans’ during debate in Bengaluru

  India | August 15, 2016 22:31 IST

  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

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  Umar Khalid demands 'steamed momos' during interrogation, cops give a thumb down

  India | February 26, 2016 21:42 IST

  New Delhi: Slapped with charges of sedition, JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Aniraban Bhattacharya, have been in police custody for interrogation. While the Delhi Police is diligently trying to get information about the

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  JNU row: Delhi Police continues questioning of Umar Khalid, Anirban

  India | February 25, 2016 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: Sleuths questioning Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, the JNU students held in a sedition case, are having a tough time cracking the duo with the former denying his involvement in any sloganeering and

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  JNU row: Court dismisses Delhi Police's plea to collect voice samples

  India | February 25, 2016 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: A Delhi court today refused to allow Delhi Police to collect voice samples of two JNU students -- Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case.According to court sources, Metropolitan Magistrate

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  Lawyer Yashpal Singh arrested for attacking journos, students at court

  India | February 23, 2016 23:31 IST

  New Delhi: Amid mounting rage over police inaction over the assault on journalists and teachers and students of JNU at the Patiala House court complex last week, the Delhi Police today arrested Yashpal Singh, one

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  Students in California, Yale narrate Kanhaiya's 'seditious' speech

  India | February 21, 2016 10:47 IST

  New Delhi: Coming out in support of JNUstudents' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, students and teachers of several international universities, including those from University of California and Yale, are narrating his

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  JNU row: Kanhaiya terms Feb 9 incident as 'unfortunate', condemns it

  India | February 17, 2016 21:17 IST

  New Delhi: Slapped with the charge of sedition, JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar today said that he condemned the incident at the JNU campus on February 9, terming the entire episode as unfortunate. Kanhaiya also told

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  Kanhaiya manhandled outside Delhi court, sent to jail till March 2

  India | February 17, 2016 21:10 IST

  New Delhi: Patiala House Court today sent JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to 14-day judicial custody. It means that Kanhaiya will stay in jail till March 2.Earlier, the Supreme Court was today forced to step in

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  Aamir Khan intolerance remarks: Sedition case filed in Bihar court

  Bollywood | November 25, 2015 18:19 IST

  Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A complaint was filed in a court here today against film star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao under various sections including sedition over his remarks on intolerance.The complaint was filed by

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  Sonia Gandhi should apologise for Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'seditious' remarks: BJP

  Politics | November 18, 2015 18:35 IST

  New Delhi: Escalating its attack against Mani Shankar Aiyar over his controversial remarks in Pakistani media, BJP today called it "treason" and demanded an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.Union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and

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  Sedition case against Arun Jaitley: Allahabad HC attacks magistrate

  India | November 06, 2015 19:50 IST

  Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on a magistrate in Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh for initiating proceedings on sedition charges against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his comments on the Supreme

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  No relief from SC to Hardik Patel in sedition case

  India | November 06, 2015 19:41 IST

  New Delhi: Hardik Patel today did not get any immediate relief from the Supreme Court which said his plea challenging invocation of sedition charge for allegedly inciting a mob during the quota stir for Patel

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  Two-day police custody for Tamil singer Kovan in sedition case

  India | November 06, 2015 19:12 IST

  Chennai: A city court today allowed an ultra- Left propagandist singer, who was arrested for alleged sedition, to be sent to police custody for two days.The court granted the police custody of 54-year-old Kovan, propagandist

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  Have withdrawn controversial circular on sedition: Maharashtra Govt to High Court

  Politics | October 27, 2015 17:49 IST

  Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it has withdrawn its controversial circular issued on August 27 to prevent misuse of section 124-A of IPC which deals with sedition.  State Advocate

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  Sedition FIR against Hardik Patel to crush quota stir: Congress

  Politics | October 24, 2015 23:38 IST

  Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress today came out in support of the Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel by saying that registration of sedition cases against him was an attempt to crush the reservation stir.With the elections

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  Gujarat: Second sedition case against Hardik Patel; two aides arrested

  India | October 21, 2015 22:52 IST

  Ahmedabad: A fresh case of sedition was on Wednesday filed against Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and five others by the crime branch which also arrested two of his aides, even as the Gujarat