ЁЯФЖThe law of sedition is unconstitutional BY RAVI KUMAR DIO

ЁЯФЖThe law of sedition is unconstitutional тЬЕSynopsis: There is an urgent need to review the Kedar Nath judgment on sedition law. тЦкя╕ПBackground: тЬЕIn Vinod DuaтАЩs case (2021), the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the law of sedition upheld in Kedar Nath Singh (1962). тЬЕThe Kedar Nath judgment upheld the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. тЬЕThe court held that only writings or speeches which incite people to violence against the Government will come within the ambit of sedition. тЦкя╕ПWhy Kedarnath judgment needs a review? тЬЕ the Supreme CourtтАЩs view in Kedar Nath is consistently being ignored. ЁЯФ╕Citizens of all ages have been charged with sedition for criticizing government authorities. ЁЯФ╕For instance, the recent Lakshadweep case. тЬЕsection 124A of the IPC clearly violates Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. Further Kedarnath judgment opens the door for misuse by making it conditional. ЁЯФ╕It says that тАШonly when the words written or spoken etc. which have the perni...