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[ Constitutional Validity of Section 124A IPC ]

CJI NV Ramana led bench of #SupremeCourt to hear plea by retired army veteran SG Vombatkere and Editors Guild challenging the constitutionality of sedition law

#Sedition #SupremeCourt

The petitions currently pending before the Justice UU Lalit led bench and the CJI Ramana led bench challenging #Sedition law 👇

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The plea by Vombatkere sought a fresh examination of Section 124A unconstrained by the upholding of the provision in the 1962 judgment in Kedar Nath Singh v Union of India. #Sedition

#SupremeCourt had earlier questioned the Central government as to whether the provision of Sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was still needed after 75 years of independence #Sedition

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#Sedition hearing to commence after regular working of court 1 and court 15 is over #SupremeCourt

bench assembles

#SupremeCourt #Sedition

CJI Ramana: I had listed this matter today too. But I have some personal difficulty today

#Sedition #SupremeCourt

Sibal: This is the sedition matter.

CJI: Mr Mehta

SG: My reply is ready. please give me 2 days to file this. some changes needed and we will vet it #sedition

Sr Adv Sanjay Parikh: May I just point out...

CJI: wait

#supremecourt

Parikh: PUCL plea filed in 2021 was not listed

CJI: All of you want the same thing you want to resolve the issue or not. If you all want to delay it then it is a different thing. then it is fine #sedition

Parikh: we will assist Mr Sibal and we will not make multiple submissions

CJI to Centre: Please file whatever you file by this weekend. we will hear this finally on May 5 and May 6 and no adjournments. we will have full day hearing #sedition

Adv Vrinda Grover: my plea is by two women editors

CJI: Then now Mr Mehta will take time to file counter

Parikh: no we will just make our submissions available and assist

#sedition

Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: I will see all the petitions and make my submissions accordinly

Parikh: we have taken some legal issues which others have not So Mr Sibal can look into it

SC ORDER: We direct the Centre to file reply by end of this week. Reply to that affidavit to be filed by Tuesday, List the matter for final disposal without any adjournment on May 5, 2021 #sedition

SG: I am appearing for Centre, AG Venugopal will appear as AG since notice was issued to him

SC: Okay.

#sedition

Corrigendum: Please note the next date of hearing is May 5, 2022. (not 2021)

Matter to be heard finally without adjournment.

#sedition #supremecourt