Introduction: The law of sedition was inherited from the British period in the Indian Penal Code, in the year 1870. During the colonial era, Indians were not allowed to criticize the British regimes.

The Sedition Act became law on July 14, 1798, but it expired on March 3, 1801 under the Jefferson Administration. The Sedition Act of 1918.

India’s sedition law, section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, is absurdly broad, making it a criminal offense to “bring, or attempt to bring, into hatred or contempt, ...

Unlike British laws around free speech, the Sedition Act allowed truth as a defense. “It shall be lawful for the defendant,” ...

The law is being debated after being laid dormant by the Supreme Court in May last year The infamous sedition law is back in the news as the Supreme Court took it up for hearing on Monday. It was ...

The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has ...

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speec… ...

The Law Commission of India has proposed retaining sedition law with key amendments, Bar and Bench reported on Friday. The commission, headed by former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Ritu ...

Chung and Lam were charged under a colonial-era sedition law that has been used increasingly to crush dissidents. They face up to two years in prison and a fine of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars (about ...

Hong Kong authorities have resurrected the sedition law as part of a broad crackdown on dissent following mass antigovernment protests that roiled the city for months in 2019. But this was the ...