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Section 124A of the IPC should be stayed by the Supreme Court if the top court decides to refer the case relating to its validity to a Constitution Bench, the petitioners in the sedition challenge case told apex court.
The court gave the Union government till Wednesday to file its reply on the matter.
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The Solicitor General was responding to a statement by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on how former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to get rid of sedition law.
With the Centre making a U-turn on the sedition law after PM's intervention, here is why successive governments defended IPC Section 124A despite growing opposition to it over its misuse, acknowledged even by the top court.
Arun Shourie sought direction to declare the sedition law unconstitutional arguing that it is "heavily abused". Shourie in his plea had said that cases are being filed against citizens for "exercising their freedom of speech and expression". Sedition Law: Centre Tells Supreme Court That It Will Re-Examine, Reconsider Provisions of the Law.