The Supreme Court clarified that courts may continue hearing sedition-related cases under Section 124A IPC if the accused raises no objection. The ruling came while hearing a jailed petitioner’s plea, even as the colonial-era sedition law remains suspended pending the Centre’s review process
The apex court declined to accept the Centre's fervent request that reference of the petitions to a larger bench be deferred as Parliament is in the process of "re-enacting" the provisions of the IPC and a bill has been placed before a standing committee
The SC referred to a Constitution bench of at least five judges a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the colonial-era provision of sedition under the IPC.
The NDA government’s approach towards sedition law has been tentative and ambiguous and fails to inspire any confidence. Its recent submission before the Supreme Court that ‘some changes’ were being contemplated in the colonial-era law doesn’t meet public expectations. Nothing short of scrapping the draconian law would do. Apart from making some vague statements about […]
The NDA government’s sudden decision to take a relook at the sedition law, a piece of colonial baggage, is a welcome move but the Supreme Court, which is hearing a batch of petitions on the matter, must be allowed to take the review process to its logical conclusion. One can only hope that the government’s […]
