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By Ritika Jain In a significant development, the Supreme Court referred the batch of pleas challenging the validity of the sedition law to a Constitution Bench of “at least five judges”. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said the bench would also decide if the top court’s 1962 verdict upholding the sedition law required reconsideration. A larger bench was needed because the Kedarnath judgment was delivered by a five-judge bench. It would be inappropriate for any bench of a smaller composition to decide on this issue, the top judge observed. The Kedarnath Singh judgment was decided on a nar...
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By Ritika Jain Experts believe the Law Commission's version of the sedition law is broad, vague and liable to misuse. The experts also said that the commission missed a “golden opportunity” to overhaul criminal jurisprudence and do away with an “archaic law” like sedition even as some feel that laws are best left to the wisdom of the parliament. India's Law Commission on May 24 suggested retaining sedition laws with certain amendments including an enhanced prison term of seven years or life term along with a fine. The Commission—headed by ex-Karnataka HC Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi—suggeste...
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Washington (AFP) - Jury selection began Tuesday in the sedition trial of four members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, including its founder, who joined the 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Stewart Rhodes -- the eyepatch-wearing former soldier who plotted a military-style assault on the Capitol -- and his followers are charged with taking up arms against the United States to keep Donald Trump in the White House, despite his election defeat. As the process began to find 12 jurors from over 100 candidates, Judge Amit Mehta rejected an effort by the Oath Keepers' attorneys to move the trial o...
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