Index of cases for Section 124A (sedition)

# No.	Cause Title	Court	Year	Media Involved	File Code
1	Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar	SC	1962	NA (Significant constitutional issues discussed)	SEDSC001
2	Balroop Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.	HC (Allahabad)	1955	Uncertain, cause of action related to publication	SEDHC001`
3	Gulam Rasool Choari v. The State	HC (Allahabad)	1967	Weekly Periodical	SEDHC002
4	Arun Jaitley v. State of UP	HC (Allahabad)	2015	Facebook post	SEDHC003
5	Binod Rao v. Minocher Rustom Masani	HC (Bombay)	1976	Monthly Periodical	SEDHC004
6	Uttamrao s/o Keshavrao Patwari v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.	HC (Bombay)	1976	Pamphlets	SEDHC005
7	Shridhar Mahadeo Joshi v. The State of Maharashtra	HC (Bombay)	1976	Weekly Periodical	SEDHC006
8	Sanskar Marathe v. The State of Maharashtra and Others	HC (Bombay)	2015	Cartoons	SEDHC007
9	Javed Habib v. The State (NCT Delhi)	HC (Delhi)	2007	Weekly Periodical	SEDHC008
10	Pankaj Butalia v. Central Board of Film Certification and Ors.	HC (Delhi)	2015	A Film	SEDHC009
11	Chunibhai Vaidya v. H.J. D'Penha	HC (Gujarat)	1976	Weekly Periodical	SEDHC010
12	P. Venkateswarlu and Anr. v. The State of Andhra Pradesh	HC (AP)	1982	A Novel	SEDHC011
13	M.P. Kaverappa v. D. Sankannayya Setty	HC(Kar)	1964	Pamphlets	SEDHC012
14	State of Madhya Pradesh v. Baleshwardayal and Ors.	HC (MP)	1966	Weekly Periodical	SEDHC013
15	In re: Katragedda Rajagopala Rao	HC (Mad)	1950	Newspaper	SEDHC014
16	Anirudh Singh Azad and Anr. v. The State of Bihar	HC (Patna)	1976	Pamphlets	SEDHC015
17	Sukhdev Singh v. Union Territory	HC (P&H)	1986	Newspaper	SEDHC016
18	Prakash Kaur v. State of Punjab and Anr.	HC (P&H)	1990	Newspaper	SEDHC017

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