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...

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...

Putting on hold the sedition law, the Supreme Court stayed the registration of FIRs, ongoing probes and coercive measures on the matter across the country until an "appropriate forum" of the...

As the Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold the application of sedition law, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju invoked "Lakshman Rekha" guiding different institutions, including the Executiv...

"It will be appropriate not to use this provision of law till further re-examination is over. We hope and expect that centre and state will desist from registering any FIR under 124 A (sedition l...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s stand on keeping pending sedition cases in abeyance and not registering fresh cases till the government re-examines the colonial-era penal law. ...