Centre Defends Sedition Law in Supreme Court, Says No Need to Revisit Kedarnath Judgement
The pleas challenging the sedition law were filed by five parties including the Editors Guild of India and Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra.
The Centre on Saturday defended sedition law saying the past judgement by Supreme Court needs no relook. The Centre has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging it. The Centre, according to reports, told the three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice NV Ramana, that the verdict in the Kedarnath Singh vs State of Bihar upholding sedition law is binding.
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Sedition Law| Centre has told SC that 1962 verdict of 5-judge Constitution bench case is binding&continues to be a good law & needs no reconsideration. Centre says 5-judge bench judgement has stood the test of time & applied till date in tune with modern constitutional principles pic.twitter.com/3abVkpNB5K
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