Browsing: Sedition Law

A parliamentary commission is deliberating over the new bill. Cases under Section 124A would still be able to be brought.

The antiquated sedition legislation, which is frequently used against journalists and activists, is about to disappear.

The points in the report are merely further elaborated in Justice Awasthi’s explanations, which are not new.

Removing Section 124A, the sedition provision, might have “serious adverse ramifications for the security and integrity of the country,” according to this argument.

Panel’s stand contrary to spirit of SC rulings