Sedition law need not be revisited, government tells Supreme Court : Rashtra News #Sedition #law #revisited #government #tells #Supreme #Court Government cites the 1962 Kedar Nath verdict that allowed Section 124A (sedition) to continue to be part of the Indian Penal Code. Government cites the 1962 Kedar Nath verdict that allowed Section 124A (sedition) to
The Court also said that though it cannot consider offence of sedition under Section 124A IPC since it has been kept in abeyance by Supreme Court, Imam's acts will qualify as sedition as per "normal dictionary meaning".
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to accede to a request by the Central government to defer hearing the challenge to the validity of sedition law until the finalisation of new laws to replace existing criminal laws
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