Mathrubhumi EnglishAug 21, 2025
What is striking is that the weaponisation of this draconian provision has not remained confined to BJP-ruled states. Even in Left-governed Kerala, the law has been invoked https://english.mathrubhumi.com/columns/view-from-my-window/when-sedition-law-gets-smuggled-back-qvy57t88?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #seditionlaw #India #SupremeCourt #freespeech #Section152
Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023

IFF represented the Journalist Union of Assam, one of the Petitioners in the matter, and will continue to work towards striking down of #SeditionLaw and protecting your right to free speech and expression. Read more about it here. 👇 9/10

https://internetfreedom.in/jua-sc-sedition/

In a petition filed by the Journalist Union of Assam, Supreme Court directs governments to not use Section 124A

tl;dr It is official. The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of Section 124-A [https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1641007/]of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) which criminalises speech that excites or attempts to excite ‘disaffection, hatred or contempt’ against the Government established by law. Through its interim order [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7VXeIh09ZaGS_Ri1JDGJ3b_QookPW2l/view?usp=sharing] dated May 11, 2022 (‘Order’), which goes a long way in protecting the freedom of speech

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Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023

This LCI Report follows from the Supreme Court's directions in S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India where the SC on May 11, 2022, had directed the Central and State Govts. to stay all operations under S.124A, including pausing Court proceedings. 8/10

#SeditionLaw

Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023
The Report refers extensively to its 42nd Report (1971) as well as the 267th Report (2017) on Section 124A. However, it fails to refer to the 2018 Consultation Paper issued by LCI itself where #SeditionLaw's continued existence was questioned. 7/10
Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023
While supporting #SeditionLaw, the LCI has rejected the allegation that the sedition law is a colonial legacy, because, hey, our entire Indian legal framework is a colonial legacy, and, therefore, that does not justify the provision's repeal. 5/10
Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023
Without engaging with #Section124A holistically, the Report merely differentiates why certain foreign jurisdictions do not require #SeditionLaw and India does. By doing so, the Report fails to contemplate or even understand the issues afflicting such a law in the first place. 4/10
Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023

The Report has also regurgitated the age-old reliance on terrorism and threats to national security to allow the retention of a law that is being heavily misused to stifle any form of dissent and criticism of the government. 3/10

#SeditionLaw #Section124A

Show threadInternet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023
In support of #SeditionLaw, the LCI, headed by Former Chief Justice of Karnataka HC, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, has referred to the Supreme Court's 1962 judgment in Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar for clarity, while ending up making it more unclear than before. 2/10
Internet Freedom FoundationJun 2, 2023

In its 279th Report on the "Usage of the Law of Sedition (April, 2023), the Law Commission of India (LCI) has recommended RETAINING Section 124A of IPC, increased the punishment, and has proposed additional safeguards to avoid its misuse. 1/10

#SeditionLaw #LawCommissionofIndia

Patrikai.comMay 12, 2022

மோடி அரசின் பழிவாங்கும் நடவடிக்கைக்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைத்த உச்சநீதி மன்றம் – ஆடியோ https://patrikai.com/sedition-law-supreme-court-puts-an-end-to-modi-governments-retaliation-audio/ via @[email protected]

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மோடி அரசின் பழிவாங்கும் நடவடிக்கைக்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைத்த உச்சநீதி மன்றம் – ஆடியோ

மோடி அரசின் பழிவாங்கும் நடவடிக்கைக்கு பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டு வந்த தேச விரோத சட்டத்துக்கு  உச்சநீதி மன்றம்  முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைத்துள்ளது. அதுபோல தமிழகஅரசு புதிய தலைமைச்செயலகம் கட்ட திட்டமிட்டு உள்ளதாக பாஜக தலைவர் அண்ணாமலை விமர்சித்துள்ளது குறித்தும் கார்ட்டூன் விமர்சனம் செய்துளளது.  

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