The Law Commission of India report recommending retention of the colonial era sedition law with an enhanced punishment highlights a colonial continuity.
Justice Shahid Karim, hearing a batch of petitions seeking to annul the law, said the law was being used 'recklessly' as a tool of exploitation to curb the right to free speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19 of...
"The BJP saves the real goons. Instead of saving the law, the BJP is engaged in saving loafers and goons," said AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
Congress has alleged that BJP is planning to become draconian, drastic and deadly by misuse of a colonial-era law ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha election.
The Supreme Court decision will benefit those people who are booked under sedition for speaking against the government, for writing a Facebook post or a tweet against a politician, or cracking a joke against a politician.
The CPI issued a statement welcoming the verdict by the Supreme Court and reiterated its demand to scrap the law. It claimed that the party's consistent position on this stood vindicated.
The allegations come in the wake of the Law Commission's support for retaining the sedition law, citing potential risks to national security and integrity.
