![]() ![]() ![]() STATE OF BIHAR (1962) In 1952, Kedar Nath Singh, a member of the Forward Communist Party from Bihar was convicted and imprisoned on sedition charges after he made a fiery speech against the then ruling Congress during a rally at Begusarai. The bench stated that ‘Every journalist is entitled to protection under the Kedar Nath Singh judgement, the landmark verdict of 1962 on the scope of offense of sedition in the IPC.” In 1962, the Supreme Court while upholding the validity of Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC had ruled that sedition charges cannot be invoked against a citizen on the grounds of criticism against the measures or actions of Government as it would stifle the right to freedom of speech and expression. A bench of justices Vineet Saran and U U Lalit on had reserved the verdict after hearing the arguments for Vinod Dua, the complainant, and the Himachal Pradesh government. ![]() Dua was charged under sections 268, (public nuisance), 124A (sedition), 505 (statements conducive to public mischief), and 501 (printing matter known to be defamatory). BJP Mahasu unit President Ajay Shyam lodged a complaint against Dua stating that the journalist made allegations on his YouTube show on March 30 accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using ‘deaths and terror attacks’ to garner votes. HISTORIC JUDGMENT OF ‘KEDAR NATH SINGH’ QUOTED The Supreme Court of India quashed the sedition case registered against journalist Vinod Dua in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh after a year of an FIR lodged by a local BJP leader over Dua’s YouTube show. ![]()
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