Veteran journalist and former Union minister Arun Shourie on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the sedition law’s constitutionality and relevance in modern-day India, joining a growing clamour against the colonial-era legislation.
In a joint petition with NGO Common Cause, filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, Shourie complained that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was increasingly being abused against citizens who disagree with those in power.
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The petition argued that despite the Supreme Court’s 1962 Kedar Nath Singh judgment having upheld the provision’s constitutional validity, several subsequent apex court verdicts by larger benches had upheld the freedom of speech and expression.
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