14.Salman v. State of Kerala bearing number B.A. 6811/2014 decided on 22 September 2014.
15.https://www.thenewsminute.com/keralas/316 (accessed 12 February 2019).
16.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-dismisses-tn-govts-plea-for-police-custody-of-kovan/article7932967.ece (accessed 12 February 2019).
17.https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kudankulam-nuclear-plant-protest-sedition-supreme-court-of-india-section-124a-3024655 (accessed 13 February 2019).
18.Writ Petition bearing No. WP(C) 683/2016 titled Common Cause & anr. v. Union of India.
19.http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-accident.aspx (accessed 13 February 2019).
20.G. Sundarajan v. Union of India & ors. bearing case number C.A. 4440 of 2013.
21.https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kudankulam-nuclear-plant-protest-sedition-supreme-court-of-india-section-124a-3024655 (accessed 13 February 2019).
22.https://scroll.in/article/894055/tamil-nadu-has-filed-133-cases-against-this-man-as-part-of-its-crackdown-on-anti-sterlite-protests (14 February 2019).
23.Translates to ‘Naked and Hungry India’.
24.Translates to ‘Pakistan is dearer than life itself’.
25.From the transcript of Arundhati Roy’s speech which was released by her, https://www.dawn.com/news/587809/seditious-speech (accessed 13 February 2019).
26.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8087820/Arundhati-Roy-could-face-sedition-trial-over-Kashmir-comments.html (accessed 13 February 2019).
27.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/india-decides-not-to-book-arundhati-roy-with-sedition/news-story/9dd04bec9c06d5e243085c2e41af5e19 (accessed 13 February 2019).
28.Arun Jaitley v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Application s/s 482 No. 32703 of 2015, decided on 5 November 2015.
29.Ibid.
30.Translates to ‘Long live Pakistan’.
31.https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/hc-denies-anticipatory-bail-to-whatsapp-group-admin-142437 (accessed 14 February 2019).
32.https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chennai-man-booked-for-sedition-over-message-received-4757129 (accessed 14 February 2019).
33.Tehseen Poonawala v. Union of India, bearing number WP(C) 19/2018, decided on 19 April 2018.
34.https://scroll.in/latest/877453/chhattisgarh-journalist-charged-with-sedition-for-sharing-cartoon-on-sc-verdict-in-loya-case (accessed 15 February 2019).
35.https://amp.scroll.in/article/904065/a-journalist-in-manipur-has-been-booked-under-national-security-act-for-facebook-post-against-bjp (accessed 15 February 2019).
36.https://theprint.in/governance/sahitya-akademi-awardee-rti-activist-journalist-charged-with-sedition-for-remarks-on-citizenship-bill/176112 (accessed 15 February 2019).
37.https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/assam-intellectuals-hiren-gohain-akhil-gogoi-manjit-mahanta-booked-for-sedition-for-remarks-on-citizenship-amendment-bill-5531915/lite/?__twitter_impression=true (accessed 15 February 2019).
38.Dr Hiren Gohain & ors. v. State of Assam, bearing case number AB 120/2019.
39.https://thewire.in/government/citizenship-bill-lapses-in-rajya-sabha-what-happens-next (accessed 16 February 2019).
40.Thokchom Venas v. Commissioner of Police & ors. bearing number W.P. (Crl.) 530/2019, decided on 18 February 2019.
41.https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/manipur/manipur-charged-with-sedition-student-leader-veewon-thokchom-released-on-bail-5591695 (accessed 31 March 2019).
42.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/251-sedition-cases-filed-in-assam-since-bjp-came-to-power/articleshow/67830288.cms (accessed 31 March 2019).
43.https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/jharkhand-police-wield-sedition-stick-most-to-hunt-down-maoist-rebels/story-LRjAsNCvstwjtEIS5JJ4LJ.html (accessed 16 February 2019).
44.https://www.newsclick.in/pathalgarhi-movement-massive-crackdown-250-tribals-booked-under-sedition (accessed 16 February 2019).
45.https://www.firstpost.com/india/activists-move-jharkhand-hc-over-fir-alleging-sedition-say-theyre-being-targeted-for-supporting-tribal-rights-5261551.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true (accessed 16 February 2019).
46.Stan Swamy & ors. v, State of Jharkhand, bearing case no. Crl. M.P. 3183/2018.
47.J.C. Jha, ‘The Tribal Society of Kolhan (Singhbhum) at the Advent of British Rule in 1837–8’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 38 (1977).
48.The state of Bihar was reorganized into the separate states of Bihar and Jharkhand in 2000, with Jharkhand comprising of erstwhile south Bihar which is mineral-rich and has a majority tribal population.
49.https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jharkhand-tribal-group-demands-separate-kolhan-estate-government-43-charged-with-sedition/991411 (accessed 16 February 2019).
Chapter 11: The Road Ahead
1.https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/exclusive-mha-data-shows-only-2-convicted-under-sedition-law-in-3-years-1289231-2018-07-18 (accessed 16 February 2019).
2.The 42nd report of the Law Commission of India.
3.https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/criminal-libel-and-sedition-offences-abolished (accessed 17 February 2019).
4.Rajya Sabha supplement to synopsis of debate, 9 August 2019.
5.Ibid.
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