The Supreme Court of India recently revived the debate over the contentious sedition law by raising questions over its validity. The observations came when it agreed to examine a fresh plea by a ...

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Law Commission of India, in its report submitted to the Law Ministry, has recommended that Section 124A of IPC dealing with Sedition needs to be retained in the ...

This direction was issued after the Union government filed an affidavit informing the Court that it had decided to re-examine the law. The deposition, by itself, offered no firm commitment on whether ...

Proceedings in the Supreme Court and the contentious arrests of activists and journalists have once again brought the law of sedition into the spotlight Proceedings in the Supreme Court and the ...

It is past 3am on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, and leading Indian news websites are reporting that Delhi Police have found they can arrest and bring Arundhati Roy to prosecution for sedition under ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all proceedings in sedition cases and directed the Centre and states to not register any fresh FIR invoking sedition charges until the government re-examines the ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has agreed with the Centre's suggestion to defer the hearing of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that all trials and registration of fresh FIRs for sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code be kept on hold till the Centre reconsiders the provision ...

The Law Commission has said it is of the considered view that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained, though certain amendments could be introduced to bring ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla leaves while the Opposition MPs stage a protest as the House adjourns sine die, marking the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament(ANI) The offence of sedition may soon ...