A Court of Last Resort - Sedition Law and the Role of India’s Supreme Court in Protecting a Free Press
Srivastava, Medha
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Verfassungsblog
2022-02-23
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In a survey released by Reporters without Borders in 2021, India’s position in the Press Freedom Index significantly dropped to 142nd place out of 180 countries. This blog post examines freedom of press in India from a constitutional law perspective and discusses two recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India on India’s sedition law. I argue that while the Supreme Court has protected press freedoms in different ways through interpretation of the Constitution and judicial review, sedition law continues to be (mis)used to intimidate journalists.
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Srivastava, Medha
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Freedom of Press
Sedition
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