NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Thursday quashed sedition charges suo motu slapped by a trial judge against finance minister Arun Jaitley for criticizing the Supreme Court's judgment quashing National Judicial Appointments Commission(NJAC).

The HC accepted additional solicitor general Maninder Singh's argument that the trial court neither had the jurisdiction nor power to invoke sedition charges against Jaitley for mere criticism of the SC judgment.