Sedition law need not be revisited, government tells Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition law need not be revisited, government tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A 1962 Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court, which upheld the validity of the sedition law, “must be treated as a binding precedent” that has withstood the test of time, the Centre told the Supreme Court in a written note on Saturday. The note by the government, settled by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and drafted by the Centre’s panel counsel Kanu Agrawal, said the Kedar Nath verdict is “good law” and needs no reconsideration. The Centre’s note comes amidst debate before a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on whether the sedition law in the background of what is said in the Kedar Nath verdict needs to be referred to a five or seven judge Bench for a relook. Editorial | Overdue review: On the sedition law The government said that in case the three-judge Bench wants to reconsider the ratio of the Kedar Nath judgment, it would be “absolutely necessary” for it to “first to record its satisfaction that the ratio in Kedar Nath Singh is so patently wrong that it needs reconsideration by a larger Bench”. Instead, Chief Justice Ramana’s three-judge Bench ought to refer the challenge to “a larger Bench for consideration whether Kedar Nath needs reconsideration”.

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Supreme Court defers sedition plea hearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court defers sedition plea hearing

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a constitution bench of at least five judges a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the IPC provision on sedition, a month after the Centre introduced in Parliament bills to replace the colonial-era penal statutes IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act, proposing among other things the repeal of the …

SC Refers Sedition Law Validity Case to Larger Bench
1 year, 4 months ago

SC Refers Sedition Law Validity Case to Larger Bench

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the case regarding the Constitutional validity of sedition law to a larger bench. On August 11, in a landmark move to overhaul colonial-era criminal laws, the Centre had introduced in the Lok Sabha three bills to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act, proposing among other things the repeal of sedition law …

Supreme Court Refers Sedition Law Challenge To Larger Bench
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Refers Sedition Law Challenge To Larger Bench

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the petitions challenging the sedition law to a bench of at least 5-judges.A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that a reference to a larger bench was needed as the provision was upheld by a 5-judge bench in the 1962 judgment Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar. A …

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.
1 year, 5 months ago

Sedition under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023: What’s changed.

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that one of the proposed legislations aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system will completely repeal the offence of sedition, as prescribed under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, adding the bill will be sent to a parliamentary panel for scrutiny. An analysis of the Bharatiya Nyaya …

Top court must strike down the sedition law
1 year, 7 months ago

Top court must strike down the sedition law

Hindustan Times  

Last year, during the hearing of a constitutional challenge to the validity of the offence of sedition, the government urged the Supreme Court to defer consideration on the basis that the issue was under review. Last week, the first fruits of the government’s review process were made public: The Law Commission of India published a report where it not only …

Law Commission's Report on Sedition Ignores Free Speech, Lacks Depth
1 year, 7 months ago

Law Commission's Report on Sedition Ignores Free Speech, Lacks Depth

The Quint  

The 279th report proposes that the scope of sedition be expanded to include even speech which does not incite any violence or public disorder but which may have a “tendency” to do so. In doing so, the Commission completely misreads the Constitution Bench judgement of Kedar Nath Singh v State of Bihar and outrightly ignores subsequent jurisprudence which has interpreted …

Re-examination of sedition law in motion, consultations in final stage, Govt informs SC
1 year, 8 months ago

Re-examination of sedition law in motion, consultations in final stage, Govt informs SC

The Hindu  

The government in the Supreme Court on May 1 said it has initiated the "process of re-examination" of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code and consultations are in its "final stage". In May last year, the court, in an interim order, had suspended the use of Section 124A, stalling pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A across …

Sedition: Centre tells Supreme Court government likely to re-cast colonial-era law
1 year, 8 months ago

Sedition: Centre tells Supreme Court government likely to re-cast colonial-era law

India Today  

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the process of re-examining Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises sedition, is at an advanced stage and the revised law is likely to be tabled in the Monsoon session of Parliament. Recording the submission of the top law officer of the government, the bench said, "The Attorney …

Supreme Court to Hear Pleas Challenging Validity of Penal Law on Sedition
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to Hear Pleas Challenging Validity of Penal Law on Sedition

News 18  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas, including one filed by the Editors Guild, challenging the validity of the colonial-era sedition law. On October 31 last year, the top court had extended its May 11 direction putting on hold the sedition law and the consequential registration of FIRs while granting additional time to the …

SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
2 years ago

SC to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Nearly seven months after putting on hold the law on sedition, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the colonial-era penal law on Monday when the Centre is likely to apprise it of the developments, if any, made while re-examining the provision. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 …

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law
2 years ago

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law

The Hindu  

Nearly seven months after putting on hold the law on sedition, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the colonial-era penal law on Wednesday when the Centre is likely to apprise it of the developments, if any, made while re-examining the provision. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 last year …

Centre Seeks More Time from SC to Take Appropriate Steps for Reconsidering Sedition Law
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre Seeks More Time from SC to Take Appropriate Steps for Reconsidering Sedition Law

News 18  

The Central government on Monday sought more time from the Supreme Court to take appropriate steps for reconsidering sedition law. Hearing the pleas today, Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit-led apex court bench extended the interim order granting protection and putting the law in abeyance. Section 124A says that “whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, …

The Sedition Law: Landmark order
2 years, 8 months ago

The Sedition Law: Landmark order

The Hindu  

T he recent order of the Supreme Court in a case filed by Major General S.G. Vombatkere as well as the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and a range of other petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code has come as a ray of hope that the issue of sedition will cease to be …

Supreme Court Decision on Sedition Law is Pragmatic but Many Questions Remain Unanswered
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Decision on Sedition Law is Pragmatic but Many Questions Remain Unanswered

News 18  

In a pragmatic decision, the Supreme Court has directed that all proceedings on charges u/s 124 A of the IPC be kept in abeyance until the government completes the re-examination of the sedition law. After Supreme Court ordered a freeze on the sedition Law, a journalist got relief from the Rajasthan High Court in a case registered u/s 124 A. …

SC Sedition Order Must be Viewed in Context of Govt's Positive Suggestions: BJP
2 years, 8 months ago

SC Sedition Order Must be Viewed in Context of Govt's Positive Suggestions: BJP

News 18  

With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court’s stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government that it wishes to examine the matter which has been “duly accepted” by the court. The Modi government took a “historic” decision to correct …

Sedition law | Supreme Court order has the effect of making bail the rule in Section 124A cases
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition law | Supreme Court order has the effect of making bail the rule in Section 124A cases

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court order on Wednesday to keep court proceedings under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code in abeyance has the effect of temporarily erasing the colonial provision from the statute book while the Union re-examines it. Persons against whom fresh cases are filed under Section 124A while the provision is being re-examined by the Union can seek bail …

Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law
2 years, 8 months ago

Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law

The Hindu  

Nobody should cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and the court should respect the government and the legislature just as the government respects the court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday after the Supreme Court stayed the sedition law, while the Opposition parties welcomed the order. All this under the watchful eyes of the UPA!” Responding to the Law Minister’s ‘Lakshman …

Supreme Court puts colonial sedition law on hold
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court puts colonial sedition law on hold

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code while allowing the Union of India to reconsider the British-era law. Adding a fail-safe to protect civil liberties against any future misuse of Section 124A while it was under the Union's microscope, the court ordered that the persons accused in …

Sedition law on hold: Top 5 things Supreme Court said in order
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition law on hold: Top 5 things Supreme Court said in order

India Today  

In a historic order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, known as the sedition law in common parlance. The order was pronounced by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the …

SC puts sedition law on hold, asks Centre, states to refrain from filing FIRs | Read what court said
2 years, 8 months ago

SC puts sedition law on hold, asks Centre, states to refrain from filing FIRs | Read what court said

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the invocation of the sedition charge until the provisions of the law under Section-124 of the Indian Penal Code are examined. While hearing the petitions challenging the validity of the law on sedition, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana-led Bench said, "We expect that till re-examination of this law is complete it will not …

SC freezes law of sedition for now
2 years, 8 months ago

SC freezes law of sedition for now

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Brushing aside the Centre’s opposition to putting the sedition law on hold, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Centre and state governments from registering fresh cases under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. Applying the brakes on the invocation of the sedition law and allowing the Union government to “re-examine and reconsider” the provisions of Section …

SC Puts on Hold Sedition Law, Says No New FIRs to be Filed till Review; Those Already Charged Can Seek Bail
2 years, 8 months ago

SC Puts on Hold Sedition Law, Says No New FIRs to be Filed till Review; Those Already Charged Can Seek Bail

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Central government to re-examine and reconsider the provisions of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises the offence of sedition. The Supreme Court, in a historic order putting on hold the colonial-era law, said that till the exercise of re-examination is complete, no case will be registered under IPC Section 124A …

SC puts sedition law on hold till review complete, says no new cases to be filed for now
2 years, 8 months ago

SC puts sedition law on hold till review complete, says no new cases to be filed for now

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 11, stayed the use of the sedition law and directed the Centre and states to not register any fresh FIRs invoking sedition charges until the law is reviewed. In the pending sedition cases, the Supreme Court said those languishing in jail under sedition charges can approach the courts and seek bail. Earlier in the …

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law
2 years, 8 months ago

'Govt Doing What Nehru Couldn't': Centre tells Supreme Court on Re-examining Sedition Law

News 18  

India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on Tuesday, found a mention in the Supreme Court during the hearing of pleas challenging the sedition law. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the petitioners arguing about the misuse of sedition law, said that former PM Nehru had echoed similar thoughts regarding Section 124A, which criminalises sedition. We are trying to do …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the …

SC to government: Put sedition law on hold till review
2 years, 8 months ago

SC to government: Put sedition law on hold till review

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Putting the ball back in the Narendra Modi government’s court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre if lodging of sedition cases under Section 124A Indian Penal Code could be put in abeyance till the re-examination of the colonial-era law. Giving time to the Centre to respond on “specific issues” -- putting the sedition law in abeyance …

Why Not Ask States To Not Register Sedition FIRs Till Re-Examination Of Section 124A IPC Is Over? Supreme Court Asks Centre
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Not Ask States To Not Register Sedition FIRs Till Re-Examination Of Section 124A IPC Is Over? Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

In a major development in the cases challenging the constitutional validity of sedition offence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the State Governments to not register FIRs under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code till the re-examination process is. In a major development in the cases challenging the constitutional …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The bench will consider today the preliminary issue of whether a reference to a larger bench is …

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

Live Law  

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The bench will consider today the preliminary issue of whether a reference to a larger bench is …

Will re-examine sedition law: Centre to Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Will re-examine sedition law: Centre to Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Just one day ahead of the hearing on whether the challenge to the constitutional validity of the sedition law should be heard by a larger five-judge Constitution Bench, the Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court it had decided to “re-examine and reconsider” the provisions of the colonial-era law, and urged the court not to go ahead …

Sedition law to be kept on hold till govt re-examines? Centre to reply SC tomorrow
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition law to be kept on hold till govt re-examines? Centre to reply SC tomorrow

India TV News  

Highlights SC asked Centre to apprise it about the views on Sedition Law review It sought a response saying “if future cases can be kept at abeyance till reconsideration is over” SC has been hearing a clutch of pleas challenging the validity of the law on sedition Sedition Law: The Centre will file its reply on the Sedition review issue …

Sedition law needs to be reconsidered: Centre tells Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Sedition law needs to be reconsidered: Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday informed the Supreme Court of its decision to “re-examine” and “re-consider” the sedition law in the background of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s belief that the nation should work harder to shed “colonial baggage”, including outdated laws, while celebrating 75 years of Independence under the banner of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. “The Government of …

After PM Modi's Instructions, Centre told SC it Was Ready to Reconsider Sedition Law: Rijiju
2 years, 8 months ago

After PM Modi's Instructions, Centre told SC it Was Ready to Reconsider Sedition Law: Rijiju

News 18  

The Union government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to re-examine and reconsider provisions of sedition law in the country, a departure from the position it took in court last week. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told news agency ANI that the change in stance came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s instructions to re-evaluate the necessity …

Breaking: Will Re-examine & Reconsider Section 124A IPC: Centre Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Breaking: Will Re-examine & Reconsider Section 124A IPC: Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday through an affidavit that it has chosen to reexamine and reconsider Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises the offence of sedition. The affidavit was filed in a batch of petitions filed by journalists, activists, NGOs and political leaders challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A IPC. The Centre submitted …

SC to examine whether Constitution Bench should hear sedition challenge
2 years, 8 months ago

SC to examine whether Constitution Bench should hear sedition challenge

The Hindu  

A 60-year-old Constitution Bench judgment validating sedition law led a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday to pause to examine if petitions challenging the colonial provision should be referred to a larger Bench of five or seven judges of the court. The 1962 judgment in Kedar Nath versus State of Bihar delivered by a …

Supreme Court to examine on 10 May if sedition law plea should be heard by larger bench
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to examine on 10 May if sedition law plea should be heard by larger bench

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court had agreed to examine the pleas, saying its main concern was the ‘misuse of law’ leading to rise in number of cases New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear arguments on 10 May, 2022, on the legal question whether the pleas challenging the colonial era penal law on sedition be referred to a …

SC to hear on May 10 pleas challenging validity of penal law on sedition
2 years, 8 months ago

SC to hear on May 10 pleas challenging validity of penal law on sedition

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear arguments on May 10 on the legal question whether the pleas challenging the colonial era penal law on sedition be referred to a larger bench and granted time to the Centre to file its response. A special bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya kant and …

Should Pleas Against Sedition Law Be Referred to a Larger Bench? SC to Examine
2 years, 8 months ago

Should Pleas Against Sedition Law Be Referred to a Larger Bench? SC to Examine

The Quint  

Article 19 of the Constitution deals with Freedom of Speech and Expression. 19 says: Nothing in sub clause of clause shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub clause in the interests …

SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'
2 years, 8 months ago

SC to hear pleas to scrap the sedition law today: Explaining the British-era offence and how it's being 'misused'

Firstpost  

The Apex court last year had asked the Centre why it was not repealing the colonial-era law used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi to suppress the freedom movement, as it expressed concern over the misuse of the provision A Supreme Court bench is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity …

In Supreme Court Today, Pleas to Scrap Sedition Law. A Look at History of the Provision & What It Means
2 years, 8 months ago

In Supreme Court Today, Pleas to Scrap Sedition Law. A Look at History of the Provision & What It Means

News 18  

A three-judge bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the sedition law. In April last year, the top court had asked the Centre why it was not repealing the provision used by the British to …

News Analysis | Sedition: CJI’s observations in July show SC has taken judicial notice of misuse
3 years, 1 month ago

News Analysis | Sedition: CJI’s observations in July show SC has taken judicial notice of misuse

The Hindu  

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s reply in Parliament that there is no proposal to scrap sedition from the penal code comes almost five months after Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana made scathing remarks in open court to the Government about the chilling effect of the “colonial law” which suppresses the freedoms of ordinary people. Further, the question of law regarding …

Ex-SC judge wants apex court to bypass elected govt, strike down sedition laws and UAPA
3 years, 3 months ago

Ex-SC judge wants apex court to bypass elected govt, strike down sedition laws and UAPA

Op India  

On Sunday, ex-Supreme court Judge Rohinton Fali Nariman courted controversy after he urged the apex court to strike down the sedition law and the stringent provisions in the Unlawful Activities Act. Then citizens here would breathe more freely.” Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman also alleged that India’s rank on the Global Law index was poor due to colonial-era laws. Then citizen …

Supreme Court agrees to examine fresh plea challenging sedition law
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to examine fresh plea challenging sedition law

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court will examine a petition filed by a retired Army General, who said a nearly 60-year-old judgment of the court that helped sedition survive in the Indian Penal Code was behind time and needed a relook. 'Criticism is not sedition': SC quotes 1962 ruling The petitioner argues that the 1962 judgment in the Kedar Nath case, which upheld …

Sedition : Army Veteran Moves Supreme Court Challenging Section 124A IPC; Plea To Be Heard Tomorrow
3 years, 6 months ago

Sedition : Army Veteran Moves Supreme Court Challenging Section 124A IPC; Plea To Be Heard Tomorrow

Live Law  

Army veteran Major-General SG Vombatkere has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for being 'vague' and creating a 'chilling effect on free speech'. The plea, filed on behalf of Major-General SG Vombatkere through Advocate Prasanna S, submits that Section 124A of the IPC is ultra vires …

What's The Lakshman Rekha For 124A?
3 years, 6 months ago

What's The Lakshman Rekha For 124A?

Live Law  

The recent action of filing an FIR on charges of sedition by the Andhra Pradesh government against MP Raghurama Krishna Raju and also on news networks for airing such information reminds us of colonial period rule. The section was first brought up for consideration after independence in the landmark case of Romesh Thapar v. State of Madras The Apex Court …

Why Supreme Court rulings have revived debate on sedition law
3 years, 7 months ago

Why Supreme Court rulings have revived debate on sedition law

India Today  

Following a series of observations and rulings by the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court this year, first in February-March and now May-June, eminent personalities from various walks of life have demanded abolition or amendment to the sedition law as it exists today in India. THE REACTION: VOICE AGAINST SEDITION LAW A day after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Telugu …

SC to Examine Validity of Sedition Law After PIL Calls it Unconstitutional, Seeks Centre's Response
3 years, 8 months ago

SC to Examine Validity of Sedition Law After PIL Calls it Unconstitutional, Seeks Centre's Response

News 18  

The Supreme Court Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of sedition law. A bench Justice U U Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice KM Joseph were hearing a plea challenging section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which penalises the crime of sedition. The petition also argued that the vagueness of Section …

Supreme Court seeks govt reply on plea against sedition
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court seeks govt reply on plea against sedition

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the penal law on sedition, which, a plea filed in the matter claimed, is often used to stifle dissent and valid criticism against government functionaries. The bench, which included justices Indira Banerjee and K M Joseph, issued notices while hearing the petition filed by two journalists and argued …

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