In its recent order referring the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Sedition law under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code to a bench of at-least five judges, the Supreme.
Attorney-general R. Venkataramani had sought adjournment of a batch of PILs against the sedition law on the ground that a parliamentary committee was examining the British-era law against the backdrop of the Modi government seeking to replace Indian Penal Code with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill
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.
A bench headed by CJI Chandrachud declined the request of Centre to defer the reference to a larger bench as Parliament is in the process of re-enacting the provisions of the penal code