The Court also said that though it cannot consider offence of sedition under Section 124A IPC since it has been kept in abeyance by Supreme Court, Imam's acts will qualify as sedition as per "normal dictionary meaning".
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Sunday observed that in cases involving colonial-era laws like sedition, the question of whether justice is served depends on those wielding power.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to accede to a request by the Central government to defer hearing the challenge to the validity of sedition law until the finalisation of new laws to replace existing criminal laws
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 12) referred the petitions challenging the sedition law (Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code) to a bench of at least 5-judges.A three-judge bench led by Chief.