Point of View | Dissent and Sedition
Shehla Rashid, JNU student leader and aspiring politician from Kashmir, is the latest target of the sedition law. Her tweets on alleged army excesses in Kashmir prompted Supreme Court lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava to file a complaint with the Delhi Police. Given that the complaint cites a cognisable offence under the Indian Penal Code, Rashid risks arrest for speaking her mind on Twitter. In another, follow-up tweet, the combative Rashid
