Sedition law withstood test of time, no need to re-examine its validity: Centre to SC

NEW DELHI: Contending that the apex court’s six decades old verdict upholding validity of Section 124 A is a good law and balances constitutional rights and principles viz. needs of the State, the centre told the Supreme Court on Saturday there was no need to re-examine the judgement and opposed scrapping of the sedition provision … Read more

Centre defends sedition law, says past judgments binding on 3-judge SC bench

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday defended the sedition law in front of the Supreme Court and said that “individual instances of misuse of Section 124A cannot be a ground for reconsideration of the law”. It further told the SC that the 1962 verdict of the top court in Kedar Nath Singh vs State of … Read more