Muzaffarpur: A local court on Monday accepted a complaint seeking to register a case of sedition against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh for allegedly describing Yoga guru Ramdev as a 'fraud'. Chief Judicial Magistrate R C Malviya accepted the complaint filed by advocate Sudhir Ojha who sought to book Singh under section 154(A) (sedition), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 504...
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London: The plight of Binayak Sen, the social activist slapped with controversial sedition charges, is symptomatic of the problems faced by India's adivasis, Cambridge University researchers studying his case have said. A study on the case of the Indian public health expert, recently bailed from prison, by Department of Sociology Jonathan Kennedy and Lawrence King researchers has been published in the latest edition of Social Science and Medicine. They argue...05:52 PM, May 25, 2011
Raipur: Rights activist Binayak Sen is all set to walk out of Raipur central jail on Monday. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of sedition by a trial court in Chhattisgarh last December. The Supreme Court, however, granted him bail on Friday, while throwing out the sedition charge. Illina Sen, Binayak's wife says that they will continue the work they have been doing until now, but it...12:30 PM, Apr 18, 2011
01:32 PM, Apr 15, 2011
New Delhi: All eyes are on the Binayak Sen trial which is on Friday, as the Supreme Court is expected to pronounce its verdict on his bail plea. The trial has attracted international attention. Dr Binayak Sen, a gold medallist from CMC, Vellore and a human rights activist has been convicted for sedition and sentenced to life. While the state claims that Dr Sen is a Maoist conduit, his supporters...07:19 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Sedition, a non-bailable offence has a minimum sentence of three years. ...09:32 AM, Apr 10, 2009
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