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SC to hear plea of former IT minister Arun Shourie challenging constitutio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing on May 5 a plea filed by former Union minister Arun Shourie seeking direction to declare the sedition law unconstitutional arguing that it is "heavily abused".
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SC posts cases challenging constitutional validity of sedition law for fin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted to May 5 for the final hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.
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Ex-editors of Hong Kong's news outlet charged under anti-sedition law, den
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): The two editors of now-defunct Hong Kong's non-profit news outlet Stand News have been denied bail by the court here and ordered to remain in custody after they were officially charged with allegedly conspiring to publish seditious publications, a media report s
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Strike down sedition law, offensive parts of UAPA, retired Justice Rohinto
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Justice Rohinton Nariman, former Supreme Court judge, has urged the top court to strike down colonial-era sedition law and offensive parts of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).
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Opposition meet today to chalk out strategy for Monsoon Session of Parliam
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Opposition leaders are scheduled to meet on Sunday to chalk out a strategy to target the Central government over several issues including farmers agitation, privatisation and Supreme Court's comments on the validit
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Sedition law archaic, has outlived its purpose, says Mukul Rohatgi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The archaic sedition law has outlived its purpose and there is no use for it anymore, said former Attorney General of India and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi on Friday, expressing his agreement with the Supreme Court's observation on the law's Constitutio
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Arun Shourie moves SC against constitutional validity of Sedition Law
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Former Union Minister Arun Shourie has knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A (Sedition Law) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Rahul Gandhi welcomes SC observation on sedition law
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's observation concerning sedition law on a plea challenging its constitutional validity.
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Prakash Karat welcomes SC observations on sedition law, hopes it will be s
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Prakash Karat on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's observation concerning sedition law on a plea challenging its constitutional validity and hoped that the apex court will give a judgment to scrap
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Govt should give due regard to the SC observation on Sedition law: Former
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister and Senior Congress leader Dr Ashwani Kumar welcomed the Supreme Court observation on the Sedition law on Thursday that it is a colonial law which was used by the British to suppress freedom. "It was used against Mahatma Gandhi a
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Why is sedition law still required 75 years after independence? SC asks Ce
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Central government over the requirement of a sedition law even after 75 years of the country's independence, observing that it was a "colonial law used against freedom fighters".
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SC defers hearing on plea challenging sedition law to July 27
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, which penalises the crime of "sedition," to July 27.
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