Chief Justice N.V. Ramana expressed his concern over the misuse of sedition law, “The use of sedition is like giving a saw to the carpenter to cut a piece of wood and he uses it to cut the entire forest itself.”
Sedition
Sedition as defined in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code is a speech or expression that attempts to bring disaffection, hatred or contempt, attempts to excite disaffection towards or hatred towards the Government established by law in India.