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
Assam peasant leader Akhil Gogoi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of sedition as well as related offences that in effect criminalise political speeches and criticism