SC cancels sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua

The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the sedition case registered against journalist Vinod Dua in Himachal Pradesh and said the 1962 order protects every journalist from such charges.

‘Every journalist will be entitled to the protection under the Kedar Nath Singh judgment on sedition’ the judges said.

Vinod Dua was charged with sedition in Himachal Pradesh over his show on the Delhi riots, based on a complaint by a BJP leader. He was accused of spreading fake news, causing public nuisance, printing defamatory material, and making statements amounting to public mischief.

While cancelling the sedition case against Dua, the Supreme said no FIR can be registered against any journalist with 10 years' experience unless cleared by a panel headed by a High Court judge.