[Reader-list] Invitation to Consultation on Sedition Laws

[Lawrence Liang]

Dear All

The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion (National Law School of India University) and the Alternative Law Forum invite you to a consultation on "Will the Law of Sedition be the Death of Free Speech ?" 

Date: January 29th (Saturday)

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 pm 

Venue:  Training Centre, National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, B'lore 72


Schedule:

9.30 a.m.- Registration

10.00 a.m.: Introductory Remarks: Dr. S. Japhet (Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion (CSSE), National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore)


Session I: 10:15 a.m. to 11.30 a.m:  The Historical Context of the Offence of Sedition

Chair: Professor Hasan Mansoor, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) , Karnataka

Speaker: Ujjwal Kumar Singh (Professor, Department of Political Science, Hindu College, University of Delhi. Prof Singh is also the author of two highly acclaimed books “Political Prisoners in India” and “The State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws in India”)  

Title: Rajdroha in Colonial and Postcolonial Times


Speaker: Siddharth Narrain (Legal Researcher, Alternative Law Forum (ALF) , Bangalore) 

Title: Disaffection and the Law: A History of Sedition Laws in India


Session II:  11-45 – 1.30  Will  the law of sedition be the death of free speech: Contemporary Experiences 

Chair: Arvind Narrain, Alternative Law Forum (ALF)

Speaker: Jawahar Raja (Advocate, Delhi)

Title: Criminalising Speech: Suspect Communities and Excepted Persons


Speaker: Jagadeesha B.N. (Advocate, Bangalore) 

Title: Dissent and the Laws of Sedition: The Karnataka Experience


1.30- 2:30 pm  -    Lunch 


Session III : 2:30 pm- 3:30 p.m.-  Comparative Jurisdictions: The Status of Sedition in Other Countries

Chair: Siddharth Narrain, Alternative Law Forum (ALF)

Speakers: Kalyani Ramnath and Akila R.S. (Visiting Faculty, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore)

Title: Sedition Laws: Global Trends, International Experiences


Final Session : 3.30- 5.30 - The Way Forward


Please  see attached note for further details. Registration is free 



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