by admin | Jun 13, 2023 | Top Stories
[ad_1] Express News Service NEW DELHI: On May 24, 2023, the Law Commission of India released its 279th Report on ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’. The report not only recommends the retention of the Sedition Law, which is of the colonial era but also seeks...
by admin | Jun 11, 2023 | Top Stories
[ad_1] Uttar Pradesh witnessed a surge in sedition cases after the CAA protests and then the rape of a Dalit teen at Hathras in 2020. LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh became familiar with the sedition law when protests began over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2019. The...
by admin | Jun 3, 2023 | Top Stories
[ad_1] By PTI NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday described the Law Commission’s recommendations backing the sedition law as “shocking” and said this must be “resisted” as the law is already grossly...
by admin | Jun 3, 2023 | Top Stories
[ad_1] Express News Service NEW DELHI: Terming the Law Commission recommendations on sedition law as ‘terrible and treacherous’, Congress on Friday attacked the BJP-led government that it is using sedition laws as a tool for silencing political dissent. Addressing...
by admin | Jun 2, 2023 | Top Stories
[ad_1] By PTI NEW DELHI: 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 about greater clarity regarding the usage of...