The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hardened its stand against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his Hindu terror remarks asking for a sedition charge to be brought against him. "What Shinde has done is inexcusable. He has acted more like Pakistan's agent and not as our Home Minister. A case of sedition should be filed against him. He should resign from office," BJP leader Balbir Punj said. ...
01:21 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday dropped sedition charges against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested in September 2012. The Attorney General told the Bombay High Court that the sedition charges against Aseem were a 'knee-jerk reaction'. The AG also said that the state will draft a circular on Section 124 A and this will be presented to the Chief Justice for approval, after which it will be sent out...
12:06 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Kanpur: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges, on Sunday said he would continue to draw cartoons that raise issues like corruption, as people in large numbers thronged the railway station here to receive him. Trivedi, who belongs to Shuklaganj in adjoining Unnao district, was received by his parents and hordes of supporters who took him in a procession to his hometown. The cartoonist, arrested on September 8...
10:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Should the law on sedition be scrapped " that's one of the key issues I shall explore today with the Chairman of the Press Council and former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju. Justice Katju, lets start with Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code which lays down the law on sedition. After its abuse in the Aseem Trivedi case and several...
05:01 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge and Chairman of the Press Council, Justice Markandey Katju has slammed the politicians and the police for taking action against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi over some of his work that depicted Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. Slamming the Mumbai Police, Justice Katju said that this was wrongful arrest, a crime punishable by law. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's...
07:29 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to probe the case of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and also review the sedition charges slapped on him. "The case has now been handed over to the SIT headed by ACP GT Padwal. Earlier, it was probed by policemen of Bandra Kurla police station where the case was registered. Going by the importance...
05:48 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday came out in support of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi but also gave him a sharp rap on the knuckles. While contending that the sedition charge slapped by Mumbai police on the cartoonist was a bit too much, Thackeray also pulled up Trivedi for his cartoons mocking the Indian national emblem, constitution and Parliament. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray...
02:07 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was released from Arthur Road Jail on Wednesday afternoon after he accepted the conditional bail offered by the Bombay High Court. Trivedi was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 5,000. Refusing to bow down to the pressure, Trivedi as soon as he stepped out of the Mumbai jail said, "Our fight will continue till the time the government continues to curb freedom of expression."...
01:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has finally agreed to accept bail. He is currently at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai and is expected to be released later on Wednesday. Aseem earlier refused to apply for bail till sedition charges were dropped against him. However, a bail was granted on Tuesday with a personal bond of Rs 5,000. Later, the cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow."...
07:44 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Hours after refusing to take the bail granted by the Bombay High Court, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Tuesday evening said that he would accept it and execute the bond on Wednesday. The cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow." This came hours after the cartoonist was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on...
10:00 PM, Sep 11, 2012
The sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been dropped. But do we also need formal guidelines or regulations for the media? ...
09:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court on a personal bond of Rs 5,000. But Aseem Trivedi told the court that he was not taking the bail as the sedition charge under Indian Penal Code Section 124 (A) against him had not yet been dropped. Aseem Trivedi had made it clear on Monday...
06:10 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Sources tell CNN-IBN the Maharashtra government is likely to drop the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. ...
06:01 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is likely to drop the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, according to sources. Sources say that a final decision will be taken in 24 hours. This comes as Aseem has vowed not to apply for bail till the sedition charge against him is dropped. However, even as the sedition charge is likely to be dropped, the other two charges under Section 66 A of Information...
01:44 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal reached the Arthur Road jail to meet cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. Kejriwal says he and his supporters will sit on a protest outside the Arthur road jail starting Saturday if the police do not drop sedition charges against the cartoonist. Aseem, charged with sedition, has been remanded to judicial custody till September 24. Aseem has refused to apply for bail till the sedition charge is dropped....
12:28 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: After the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi under sedition charges, it has become important to understand what is and can be construed as sedition and how it is different from treason. Sedition is an overt subversive act which leads to incitement against status quo or authority or order. It is a challenge to the establishment. It may be a book, a painting, an idea, a speech, pretty much...
10:35 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Even as the debate over cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest continues, the Mumbai Police maintains that cartoonists must know their limits. Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh has said, "I can't say if the charges will be dropped or not. We don't need him anymore for the investigation. This is not a big case. I would like to give a message to artists and cartoonists that they should not cross...
07:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi refuses bail till the sedition law is repealed, sent to jail till the September 24. ...
11:41 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of Aseem Trivedi on sedition charges for his cartoons on Monday gave BJP fresh ammunition to target the UPA, even as the government said it was against censorship but wanted citizens to respect national symbols. BJP alleged that while the UPA government was involved in corruption cases like coal mines allocation, it was attacking democratic institutions and free speech as seen in the targeting of the...
10:51 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Defiant cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition and two other charges for mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Monday refused to apply for bail even as the police said that they did not want his custody any more. The cartoonist said that he would not apply for a bail till the charge of sedition against him was dropped, calling his action a party of the...
10:39 PM, Sep 10, 2012
