Relief for Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as Bombay HC rules Citizen's fair Criticism about Govt. or its measures will not amount to Sedition [Read the judgment]
Gaurav Pathak
18 March 2015 9:49 AM IST
![Relief for Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as Bombay HC rules Citizens fair Criticism about Govt. or its measures will not amount to Sedition [Read the judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bombay-High-Court-LL-Size.jpg "Relief for Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as Bombay HC rules Citizens fair Criticism about Govt. or its measures will not amount to Sedition [Read the judgment]")
Hearing a criminal PIL relating to arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and application of charges relating to sedition provided in the Indian Penal Code against him, the Bombay High Court today said, "it is clear that the provisions of section 124A of IPC cannot be invoked to penalize criticism of the persons for the time being engaged in carrying on administration or strong words used ...
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