NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday defended the sedition law in front of the Supreme Court and said that “individual instances of misuse of Section 124A cannot be a ground for reconsideration of the law”. It further told the SC that the 1962 verdict of the top court in Kedar Nath Singh vs State of … Read more
PATIALA/CHANDIGARH: A day after the clash between two groups in Patiala outside a Kali Mata temple over a protest march, the Punjab government on Saturday transferred the top three police officers of the district and ordered the suspension of mobile internet services from 9.30 am to 6 pm. The state government moved out Patiala SSP … Read more
MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar filed an additional affidavit before the Koregaon Bhima inquiry commission to suggest “legal reforms” that include “repeal” of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code (offence of sedition) and reintroduction of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act to ensure law enforcement agencies can maintain law and order and prevent riots. … Read more
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by independent MP Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them. The couple had approached the HC this morning seeking that the FIR registered against them by the … Read more