Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition is at present under abeyance following directions of the Supreme Court issued in May, 2022.
In May 2022, the Supreme Court put the law on sedition in abeyance till the time the Centre completes the re-examination of the colonial provisions.
In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 last year decided to put in abeyance the penal law on sedition till an “appropriate” government forum re-examined it and directed the Centre and states to not...
