Will Re-Examine Provisions Of Sedition Law: Centre Tells Supreme Court

Mumbai: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it “has decided to re-examine and reconsider” the provisions of the sedition law.

The Center, in its affidavit, asked the apex court to wait for the outcome of the government’s exercise and not hear the petitions before it.

According to reports, the Center further stated in its affidavit that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed clear and unequivocal views in favour of the protection of civil liberties, and respect for human rights and believed that the old colonial laws had no place in India, celebrating 75th year of Independence.

Last week, the Center defended the British-era penal law on sedition and a 1962 Constitution Bench judgment in the Supreme Court while upholding its validity, stating they had withstood “the test of time” for about six decades and the instances of its abuse would never be a justification of the reconsideration.

The top court, in 1962, upheld the validity of the sedition law while attempting to restrict its scope for misuse.

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