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Government May Strike Down Sedition Law, Awaits Report from Panel
2016-03-02 | ,
Ref: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Government-May-Strike-Down-Sedition-Law-Awaits-Report-from-Panel/2016/03/02/article3306000.ece
NEW DELHI: Amid the raging debate over the misuse of the age-old sedition law in the country, the Union government on Tuesday informed Parliament that it had already asked the Law Commission to study its usage. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhury said that on December 11, 2014, “The Law Commission has intimated that they have identified certain focus areas and formed sub-groups to deliberate on such areas.”

The Ministry of Law and Justice has asked the Law Commission to study the usage of Section 124A (Sedition) of the IPC.