/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ * * IJLMH MPC: ensure author_article has the nationality column. * Additive, idempotent, guarded by an option so it runs once. * 0 = all authors in India (Indian/INR), 1 = any author outside India (International/USD). * ------------------------------------------------------------------ */ add_action('init', 'ijlmh_ad_ensure_outside_india_col'); function ijlmh_ad_ensure_outside_india_col() { if ('yes' === get_option('ijlmh_outside_india_col')) { return; } global $wpdb; $tbl = $wpdb->prefix . 'author_article'; $found_tbl = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare('SHOW TABLES LIKE %s', $tbl)); if ($found_tbl !== $tbl) { return; // Manuscript table not present yet; nothing to do. } $col = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SHOW COLUMNS FROM `{$tbl}` LIKE %s", 'outside_india')); if ($col !== 'outside_india') { $wpdb->query("ALTER TABLE `{$tbl}` ADD COLUMN outside_india TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"); $col = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SHOW COLUMNS FROM `{$tbl}` LIKE %s", 'outside_india')); } if ($col === 'outside_india') { update_option('ijlmh_outside_india_col', 'yes'); } } Sedition – Abuse of Process of Law & Threat to Survival of Democracy | International Journal of Law Management & Humanities
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Sedition – Abuse of Process of Law & Threat to Survival of Democracy

Rajnish Maniktala
Senior Advocate at HP High Court Shimla, India

Volume III, Issue IV, 2020

The offence of Sedition, as contained in section 124-A of Indian Penal Code, is one of the most abused provisions of law. Despite the fact that Supreme Court laid down its essential ingredients in its Constitution Bench judgment in Kedar Nath case, followed by a number of other judgments, it is still mischievously invoked by overzealous people who cannot tolerate any criticism to the government’s point of view or by the government itself. A large percentage of such cases result in acquittal. But the ever increasing instances of use of this provision have a suffocating impact upon right to free speech and expression and democratic future of this country. The country of its origin, United Kingdom, has removed it from the Statute Book. In these circumstances, what should be the way out for us?

 

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