Tag: #Sedition

SEDITION LAWS IN INDIA

SEDITION LAWS IN INDIA Author : SYEDA KHIZRA RIZVI Abstract Sedition means, any act or speech which leads to insurrection against the State. As per Section 124A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, “sedition is a said to be a cognizable offence against the State by any individual whoever, by words or by gesture or by

IS IT TIME TO REPEAL SECTION 124A IPC?

Author : Anushka Ukrani, Law Graduate from CLC (Delhi University) INTRODUCTION A few months back a school principle in Karnataka was arrested for an allegedly seditious school play protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. And this is not an isolated incident. In the past few months a lot of people who had been protesting against