लॉ कमीशन ने कहा- देशद्रोह कानून जरूरी: सजा भी बढ़ाई जानी चाहिए, गलत इस्तेमाल के आरोप पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने लगाई थी रोक

Some amendments can be made to ensure that there is more clarity regarding the use of the law.

The Law Commission has submitted its report to the government regarding the 152-year-old sedition law. The Commission says, Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code needs to be retained in the IPC. There is no valid reason to remove it. However, some amendments can be made in order to have more clarity in the application of the law.

In 2022, the Supreme Court had suspended the sedition law that was going on since the British era. The court had then ordered that no case would be registered under Section 124-A of the IPC until the re-examination process was completed.

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Necessary guidelines should be issued by the Central Government
In its report submitted to the government, the Law Commission said, “We recommend that the punishment under Section 124-A be brought on par with other offenses under Article VI of the IPC.”

Further, taking into account the views regarding misuse of the Sedition Law, the Commission recommended that necessary guidelines be issued by the Central Government to prevent the same.

After a lot of study, the commission proposed
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission of India, said in the report ‘On the Application of the Law of Sedition’, we studied the law relating to sedition and trace its origins to its application in India.

The Commission has also analyzed the history of sedition in both pre-independence and independent India, the law on sedition in various jurisdictions, and various judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts on the subject matter.

The bill can be brought in the monsoon session
On May 1, the central government had said in the Supreme Court on the petitions filed against the sedition law that the bill can be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament. The Supreme Court will hear the matter in the second week of August.

The Supreme Court will decide whether to refer the 1962 five-judge verdict on sedition to a seven-judge constitution bench to review it. The Supreme Court had asked the Central Government what is its stand in this matter?

The Supreme Court had imposed a ban last year
The Supreme Court has given an order in 2022 that until the re-examination process of Section 124-A of IPC is completed, no case will be registered under it. The court has also stayed the action in the already registered cases.

At the same time, in this section, the accused in jail can also appeal for bail. Here, the Union Law Minister has given a strong reaction to the court’s decision.

Five parties had filed 10 petitions in the Supreme Court
A petition challenging the sedition law was filed on behalf of five parties including Editors Guild of India, TMC MP Mahua Moitra. The petitioners in the case say that this law is not needed in today’s time.

The matter is being heard by a three-judge bench headed by CJI NV Ramana. Justice Suryakant Tripathi and Justice Hima Kohli are also included in this bench.