NEW DELHI: A day after being informed that the government intends to re-examine Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond by Wednesday morning whether it could ask the states not to slap sedition charges on anyone and ensure protection of rights of those booked under … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that in deference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s views, the government will go for a comprehensive reconsideration of the sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, for necessary pruning and provisioning of safeguards to curb misuse and requested the court to defer scrutiny … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice NV Ramana on Saturday expressed concern over frivolous litigations in courts and said the concept of PIL has now turned into personal interest litigation and is at times being misused to stall projects or put pressure on public authorities. Speaking at a joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of … Read more