-NDTV.com Those already facing sedition charges can approach courts for bail, the Supreme Court said New Delhi: The sedition law will be paused until the government completes its review, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era rule. Those already facing sedition charges can approach courts for bail. Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story: 1. All pending cases will be kept in abeyance while...
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Hold Sedition Law Till Review? Supreme Court Wants Centre's Reply Tomorrow -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Supreme Court Sedition Hearing: On Monday, two days after firmly defending the sedition law and asking the Supreme Court to dismiss challenges to it, the government said it had decided to review the legislation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the government to reply by tomorrow on whether the sedition law can be paused and people charged under it can be protected while the colonial-era law is being reviewed. A...
More »Arun Shourie joins sedition law fight in Supreme Court -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Advocate Prashant Bhushan calls for urgent hearing, but no firm assurance from CJI Ramana The NGO Common Cause and veteran journalist and former Union minister Arun Shourie on Thursday joined the chorus in the Supreme Court for striking down as unconstitutional the sedition law, alleging its increasing misuse by governments against citizens. The apex court has already listed for hearing on May 5 and 6 a bunch of similar petitions challenging...
More »Data: Three States accounted for more than 70% of UAPA cases registered since 2014 0 -Pavithra KM
-Factly.in Cases relating to ‘Sedition’ and those registered under the UAPA have been discussed widely in the last few years. Data indicates that the three states of Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam accounted for more than 70% of the cases registered under UAPA between 2014 & 2020. On the other hand, the nine states of Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur accounted for more...
More »CIC slams Centre’s denial of information on medical oxygen committee
-The Hindu Apart from PPE kits, RT-PCR tests, masks and gloves, Empowered Group later managed supply of medical oxygen The Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed the Centre’s blanket denial of information related to a committee overseeing medical oxygen supplies during the pandemic, saying its rationale was “far fetched” and “unjustified”. In its order on Saturday, Information Commissioner Vanaja Sarna directed the Centre to respond to the Right to Information (RTI) request...
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