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SEDITION-SECTION 124 A IPL

->
27914report ofthe law comme
QUOTE
SEDITION: "section 124A is the prince
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel the political sections of IPC
among
the
gortestablished by law designed to suppress the liberty
~

against
of the citizen" Gandhiji
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SECTION 124A cognisable; non bailable

IPC:
non compoundable offence; punishable
withimprisonment; withor withoutfine
ARGUMENTS
FOR
AGAINST,
->
curb anti national activities ->
sedition law creates chilling effect' on

-> prevent disturbance to laws order free speech

few instances ofmisuse is nota under section 124 A IPC
-> - vague definition
ground to strike down a law -> authorities notfollowing Kedarnal principle'
->
"Sedition in liberal democracies
"
-> colonial legacy
argumentby Anushica Singh s low conviction rate
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SCCASES
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SG Vombatkere vs 4OT 2022 case.

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->

suspended the operation of

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SC
section
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124 A IPC.
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-> Kedarnalvis state ofBinar, 1962

r
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so held thatsedition charges

can be imposed only if the speech is
an incitementtoviolence or public
disorder

LAW COMMN-279TH REPORT

-> retention of Section 124 AIPC (RR)

-> incorporation of Kedarnaljudgement
-> procedural safeguards

GLOBAL CASE OTHER VIEW

Britain-Sedition law was
repealed Republic ofRhetoric' book by
Abhinav Chandrachud

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