Karnataka High Court Rejects Sedition Charges Against Bidar School for Controversial Play on CAA

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a sedition lawsuit against the Shaheen School in Bidar, according to the news agency ANI. The issue relates to a complaint made by the state's former BJP administration, which claimed that a play presented by children in grades 4-6 in opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2020 was of a communal nature and contained anti-PM Narendra Modi sentiments.

Court Dismisses Sedition Case Against Allauddin and Others in Bidar School Controversy

The prosecution brought against Allauddin and others under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 504, 505 (2), 124A, 153A, and Section 34, was effectively thrown out, according to legal news website Live Law. Justice Hemant Chandangoudar, presiding over a single-judge bench, granted the petitions submitted by Allauddin and others. The petitioners' senior attorney, Ameet Kumar Deshpande, affirmed the court's decision to halt the proceedings. According to Live Law, a comprehensive copy of the order has not yet been made available. When students performed the play on the CAA and NRC, it caused a stir and a FIR for sedition was subsequently lodged against the school administration. They were charged with "anti-national activities" and "spreading negative opinions" regarding parliamentary laws in the complaint, which was made by activist Nilesh Rakshala. At the police department in Bidar New Town, the FIR was filed.

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Controversy Surrounding Sedition Laws and Calls for Reform in India

As a result, on January 30, 2020, Shaheen Primary and High School's headmistress Fareeda Begum and the mother of a girl student who delivered a speech that was deemed offensive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi were both taken into custody. On February 14, 2020, a sessions court ordered their freedom, nonetheless. The Law Commission endorsed the criminal penalty for the offence of sedition earlier this month and recommended against eliminating it, arguing that doing so may seriously compromise the nation's security and integrity. The Indian Penal Code's Section 124A, which deals with sedition, is currently suspended as a result of Supreme Court orders given in May 2022. According to the Commission, maintaining the provision with appropriate safeguards to prevent misuse would be preferable to deleting it on the grounds that other nations have done so, which would be akin to ignoring the local conditions in India. There have been calls for the provision's removal due to allegations of abuse. In a report recently given to the government, the panel stated that, in light of the opinions about the abuse of Section 124A, it proposes that the Centre establish model guidelines to prevent such abuse.

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