The Central government Monday told the Supreme Court that the process to re-examine Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises sedition, is at an advanced stage.
Section 124A of the IPC should be stayed by the Supreme Court if the top court decides to refer the case relating to its validity to a Constitution Bench, the petitioners in the sedition challenge case told apex court.
The Solicitor General was responding to a statement by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on how former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to get rid of sedition law.
Section 124A is used to suppress liberty and stifle voice of dissent, will raise this issue in Parliament as Member of Rajya Sabha, Pawar added during his examination before the Commission of Inquiry for the 2018 case.