A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, L N Rao and S Ravindra Bhat said, “We are of the view that provisions of 124A (sedition) and 153 (promoting enmity between classes) of the IPC require interpretation, particularly on the issue of the rights of press and free speech”.
K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju had rebelled against the YSRC over a year ago and had been criticising the Jagan Mohan Reddy government for several months now.