196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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The liberal use of the sedition law in recent years, mainly by state governments intolerant of dissenting opinion, has provoked justified controversy. After some prominent individuals fell afoul of the law, activists, journalists, lawyers, and jurists took up cudgels on behalf of the victims, and demanded that the law be scrapped, as it belongs to the colonial era. The Supreme Court of India, in... Read more
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Sedition in Colonial India
3. The First Amendment
4. Need for Sedition Law
Postscript
Annexure I
Annexure II
Annexure III
Annexure IV
Annexure V
Annexure VI
Annexure VII
Annexure VIII
Annexure IX
Annexure X
Annexure XI
Annexure XII
Annexure XIII
Annexure XIV
Annexure XVÂ
Annexure XVI
Annexure XVII
Biography
Rijul Singh Uppal is an advocate practicing at the Courts and Tribunals in New Delhi. He did his Master (LL.M.) in Transnational Crime and Justice from UNICRI, Turin, in partnership with UN mandated University of Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica. The present work is the fruit of a deep interest in constitutional issues that impact contemporary politics and public life.






