🔆The law of sedition is unconstitutional BY RAVI KUMAR DIO

🔆The law of sedition is unconstitutional ✅Synopsis: There is an urgent need to review the Kedar Nath judgment on sedition law. ▪️Background: ✅In Vinod Dua’s case (2021), the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the law of sedition upheld in Kedar Nath Singh (1962). ✅The Kedar Nath judgment upheld the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. ✅The court held that only writings or speeches which incite people to violence against the Government will come within the ambit of sedition. ▪️Why Kedarnath judgment needs a review? ✅ the Supreme Court’s view in Kedar Nath is consistently being ignored. 🔸Citizens of all ages have been charged with sedition for criticizing government authorities. 🔸For instance, the recent Lakshadweep case. ✅section 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. 🔸It says that ‘only when the words written or spoken etc. which have the perni...