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West Bengal Shows Tolerance towards Dissent with Only 12 Cases Filed out of 475 Nationally from 2014-21
West Bengal takes a different approach towards sedition cases with only 12 filed between 2014-2021 according to a new report. The state appears to be more tolerant of dissent, with only 2 cases filed in 2020. The sudden rise in sedition-related arrests in 2015 was attributed to an investigation into the Khagragarh blast. BJP's spokesman argues that the state government has two sets of rules. Defence counsel, Kaushik Gupta explains that states that apply the law judiciously tend to have a lower number of cases.
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West Bengal Shows Tolerance towards Dissent with Only 12 Cases Filed out of 475 Nationally from 2014-21
West Bengal takes a different approach towards sedition cases with only 12 filed between 2014-2021 according to a new report. The state appears to be more tolerant of dissent, with only 2 cases filed in 2020. The sudden rise in sedition-related arrests in 2015 was attributed to an investigation into the Khagragarh blast. BJP's spokesman argues that the state government has two sets of rules. Defence counsel, Kaushik Gupta explains that states that apply the law judiciously tend to have a lower number of cases.
