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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head>  <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">   <br />   High Court of Allahabad <br /><br /> Allahabad High Court ends sedition proceedings against Arun Jaitley<br /><br />  - (05 Nov 2015)<br /><br />  </td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Arun Jaitley v. Sate of U.P.</td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>In a strongly worded judgment the Allahabad High Court quashed sedition proceedings against Union Minister Arun Jaitley, terming the Magistrate’s finding of jurisdiction an “assumption” and “fail[ing] to adhere to the principles laid down”. It reiterated that the article by Mr. Jaitley, ‘NJAC Judgment-An Alternative View’, was a mere voicing of opinion and not a call to arms. As such, Sections 124A or 505 of the Indian Penal Code (regarding sedition and statements conducing to public mischief, respectively) were inapplicable to the ‘offence’.</strong></td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : <a href="http://elegalix.allahabadhighcourt.in/elegalix/WebDownloadJudgmentDocument.do?judgmentID=4395066"> Read the decision in Arun Jaitley v. Sate of U.P.</a> (Note: Requires filling out a security code)</strong></td>  </tr>   <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : Sedition, Arun Jaitley, article, opinion</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>      <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>   </table> </div> </body> </html>