(File Photo)The Supreme Court Monday asserted that “making a strong criticism of the government” is not even defamatory, let alone seditious. “Suppose somebody makes a strong criticism of the government… even a case of criminal defamation cannot be filed, let alone a case of sedition. Every magistrate is bound by what we said in the Kedar Nath (case),” said the bench. Bhushan complained that civil rights activists, student leaders, cartoonists, writers, actors and poets are bearing the brunt of whimsical registration of sedition cases. We cannot have generalisation in criminal cases.

Source: Indian Express September 05, 2016 15:04 UTC