Almost 100 years ago in 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on charges of sedition in Bombay for protesting against the British government. It was first used against freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1897 for writing articles against the oppressive British rule. On May 11, Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India in a historic decision put a stay on the law, ruling that no new FIRs will be lodged under the archaic law until the Centre re-examines its provisions.