Bengaluru/Chandigarh: A court order directing the closing of a sedition case filed against Amnesty India brings an end to a disgraceful attempt to stifle freedom of expression, the organization said today.
On 8 January, a trial court in Bengaluru ordered that the case filed against Amnesty India on 15 August 2016, on the basis of a complaint filed by a representative of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), be closed.
“This was a case that should never have been registered, given previous Supreme Court rulings on what constitutes sedition. It has been a waste of public money and resources, and a distraction from real issues,” said Aakar Patel of Amnesty India.
“The ruling vindicates everything that Amnesty India has said from the time this politically motivated complaint was filed.”