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The court today said the sedition law should not be slapped against any citizen until the Centre re-examines. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government whether it can issue a direction to the States to keep in abeyance all pending sedition cases till the governments exercise of reviewing Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.

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In an affidavit the Ministry of Home Affairs has told the Supreme Court that in spirit of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and the Prime Ministers unequivocal views in favour of protection of civil liberties and to shed colonial baggage the government.

. Across the globe many democratic countries have in the past either eased or completely removed their sedition laws. The Supreme Court has put a stay on Indias sedition law until it is reconsidered by the Centre. Reacting to the development Congresss chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said speaking truth to.

Congress restricting aliens and curtailing the excesses of an unrestrained press in anticipation of an expected war with France. After the XYZ Affair 1797 war with France had appeared inevitable. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli on May 5 had said that it would hear arguments on May 10 on the legal question of whether the pleas challenging the colonial-era penal law on sedition be referred to a larger bench for reconsidering the 1962 verdict of a five-judge constitution bench in the Kedar.

We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. In a written submission the Centre told the three-Judge bench led by Chief Justice. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.

1 day agoWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Federalists aware that French military successes in Europe had been greatly facilitated by. The Court is hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Constitutional validity of the colonial-era law.

Theres a War on for your Mind. Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 four internal security laws passed by the US. The Centre yesterday defended the sedition law and asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging it.

Reacting to the Supreme Courts order on the Sedition Act Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said though he respects the court and its independence the Lakshman Rekha boundaries should not be breached by any organ of the state. Putting on hold the sedition law the Supreme Court stayed the registration of FIRs ongoing probes and coercive measures on the matter across the country until an appropriate forum of the government re-examines the colonial era penal law. With the Centre making a U-turn on the sedition law after PMs intervention here is why successive governments defended IPC Section 124A despite growing opposition to it over its misuse acknowledged even by the top court.

We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Indian Kanoon - Search engine for Indian Law. The top court emphasized that it is essential to protect people from the misuse of the sedition law.

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