FPJ Explains: What is sedition law? Why has Centre decided to re-examine it?

The pleas filed by the Editors Guild of India and Major General (Retired) S.G. Vombatkere state that the law causes a ‘chilling effect’ on free speech and is an unreasonable restriction on free expression, a fundamental right

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