In the Supreme Court, the Central Government said that they are considering sedition law. Because of this, the hearing on that was postponed.
There has been a demand for change in the ‘sedition law’ for a long time. Several petitions regarding this were filed in the Supreme Court. On this, the Central Government said that it was reconsidering the penal provision of ‘sedition law’. This process is in advanced stage. In such a situation, the Supreme Court also postponed the hearing.
In fact, 16 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court regarding this law. In which the constitutional validity of the penal provision was challenged. On Monday, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala heard this. During this, Attorney General R Venkataramani told the bench that the government has started the process of re-examining section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.
Venkataramani said the consultation process is at an advanced stage and will be shown to him before it goes to Parliament. He urged the bench to put up the matter for hearing after the monsoon session. However, the bench posted the matter for hearing in the second week of August.
On the other hand, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan sought setting up of a seven-judge bench to decide the issues from the bench at the outset. On this, the bench said that if the matter has to go to seven judges, then first it will have to be placed before a five-judge bench.
SC has imposed a ban
Let us tell you that the Supreme Court has currently put a stay on this law. While issuing an order in this regard last year, the court had given the Center time to review. In such a situation, arrests are not being made under this law.
What is controversial in this law?
Section 124A of the IPC deals with sedition. Under this, if a person writes or speaks something against the government, or if he insults the national emblem and the constitution, then a case will be registered against him under section 124A. The petitioners allege that the government is misusing it.