Sedition ruling

SC order on sedition law is in context of govt's positive suggestions: BJP

BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli noted that the Narendra Modi government has so far removed over 1,500 archaic and obsolete laws and over 25,000 compliances to make citizens' lives easier.

May 11, 2022, 21:36 PM IST

‘Sedition law put on hold, no new FIRs till review is over’: Supreme Court's historic ruling explained

Here are the top highlights of the Supreme Court's historic order putting in abeyance the 1890 colonial-era penal law on sedition, lodging of FIRs, and consequential proceedings under it across the country:

May 11, 2022, 20:16 PM IST