Law minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the various institutions’ areas of authority were separated by a “Lakshman rekha” that “should not be crossed by anybody”. &l...

The Centre had been hemming and hawing on sedition — a relic of the colonial era — for a while now. Two days after spiritedly defending this archaic legislation, it surprisingly adopted a ...

“This court is cognisant of security interests and integrity of the State on one hand, and the civil liberties of citizens on the other. There is a requirement to balance both sets of considerat...

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tweeted that “speaking the truth is patriotism, not treason”, commenting after the Supreme Court had put all cases under the sedition law in abeyance. The Congre...

Trinamul Congress MP Mahua Moitra was one of the petitioners who had challenged the sedition law in the Supreme Court. “Great day for democracy…. The sedition law stands stayed. Kudos to...

Legal experts Wednesday termed "historic" the Supreme Court order to put on hold the "archaic" colonial-era penal law on sedition till it is re-examined by an appropriate governmen...

As the Supreme Court put the application of sedition law on hold, the Opposition on Wednesday hailed the decision, saying the voice of truth can no longer be suppressed even as the government invoked ...

The TMC on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to keep in abeyance the sedition law, contending that the draconian law should be scrapped. Putting on hold the sedition law, the Suprem...

The Left parties on Wednesday demanded that the Supreme Court should scrap the sedition law altogether and not wait for the government to review the same. The apex court on Wednesday put on hold the ...

It’s a law irrevocably linked to the Colonial Era. It was broadly and vaguely worded to give the country’s then British rulers the chance to use it against almost anyone they considered to...