Sedition Law

Legal Provisions: Section 124A of IPC delas with sedition.

Judicial Pronouncements

  • In Brij Bhushan and Another vs The State of Delhi (1950) & Romesh Thappar vs the State of Madras (1950), the apex court held that a law that restricts speech on the ground that it would disturb public order was unconstitutional.
  • In Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar (1962), SC held speech or writing to which “subverting the government by violent means” is implicit—including the notion of “revolution”—is seditious.” A failed attempt to incite too is counted as sedition.
  • In Balwant Singh vs State of Punjab (1962), the apex court ....
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