sedition law: SC refers pleas challenging validity of sedition law to bench of at least five judges

The Supreme Court has referred a batch of pleas challenging the constitutionality of the sedition provision in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to a Constitution bench of at least five judges. The Centre had requested a deferment of the reference as Parliament is in the process of re-enacting the provisions of the penal code.

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