Sedition Law News
Opinion | Why India’s sedition law needs to be buried
In a country where public discourse reduces to binaries, it is hard to imagine navigating through dark areas that lie between the actual law on sedition and its implementation
2 min read19 Jan 2019Amnesty International criticizes India’s sedition law
Human rights activists and journalists (in India) faced intimidation and attacks from both state and non-state actors, says the Amnesty International report
1 min read22 Feb 2017Sedition, defamation charges cannot be invoked for criticism: SC
The observation came as advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an NGO, said sedition was a serious offence and the law on it was being grossly misused for stifling dissent
1 min read5 Sep 2016Repeal the sedition law
An incident involving Amnesty International India and the ABVP has again highlighted how governments use this lawless colonial-era law
3 min read19 Aug 2016NGO Common Cause moves SC challenging misuse of sedition law
NGO Common Cause said in a petition that governments and law enforcement agencies had abused sedition laws to gag dissent, suppress freedom of speech and expression and to muzzle critical voices
1 min read17 Aug 2016Sedition law needs relook: Law commission chairman
Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan says priority for panel is to come out with report on comprehensive review of the criminal justice system
1 min read23 Mar 2016The nine lives of the sedition law
The many reasons why the colonial-era law has survived numerous attempts to get rid of it
7 min read5 Feb 2016Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared