1st Edition

Sedition Macaulay to Modi

By Rijul Singh Uppal Copyright 2024
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

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 XV 

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.