Faceoff: SC calls sedition law ‘colonial’, Twitter weighs in | India News
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The top court further agreed to examine pleas filed by Editors Guild of India and a former major general challenging the constitutionality of section 124A (sedition) in the IPC.
“Is it still necessary to keep this law in statute even after 75 years of independence?” asked the bench which also comprised Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy.
While opposition parties and a section of social media welcomed the top court’s observations and hoped that the Centre would do away with the law that is used to silence the critics of the government, others argued that most of the laws are from British era and thus colonial
” Is this law still needed after 75 years of independence?”SC issues notice to Centre on plea for scrapping of se… https://t.co/R9hz6l3zhC
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) 1626342644000
CJI Ramana: “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”
— Nistula Hebbar (@nistula) 1626328805000
‘The law silences dissent’
Kudos to the SC & the CJI for standing up to the Govt on the gross misuse of this colonial law of sedition to silen… https://t.co/LvM3Qrl7Bi
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) 1626343389000
‘Time to scrap it’
The supreme court has criticised the sedition law. I think it’s time for the govt to scrap the supreme court.
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) 1626356634000
Irony
Ironic that Haryana police charge over 100 farmers with sedition after alleged attack on BJP leader’s vehicle while… https://t.co/vnVbJ7RLSG
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) 1626345343000
‘Entire IPC is colonial’
‘All British era laws should be scrapped’
Why only #sedition law? All british era laws should be scrappedAll laws that were made before 1947, should be s… https://t.co/8AZkdpYIK8
— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) 1626330048000
The Chief Justice has a point, ‘Sedition’ is indeed a colonial-era concept, like all our laws.Now that we are a p… https://t.co/QVZPybQRSu
— Ruchir Sharma (@ruchirsharma_1) 1626353152000
‘Even ‘my lord’ is colonial’
Vacation breaks for Supreme Courts and High Courts are also “colonial”. Do we need them after 75 years of Independe… https://t.co/ByYa9TXy94
— Dr Kiran Kumar Karlapu (@scarysouthpaw) 1626330499000
‘BJP killing freedom of speech’
Britishers used Sedition Law to silence Mahatma Gandhi & BJP is using Sedition Law to kill principles of transparen… https://t.co/wwJml6uO4f
— Jaiveer Shergill (@JaiveerShergill) 1626349216000
‘UAPA needs to be toned down’
‘Release all political prisoners’
‘Add it in manifesto’
Which political party can dare to mention the following in their manifesto ? 1.) Scrap the sedition law (other re… https://t.co/hHLEEZzHGS
— Sanket Upadhyay (@sanket) 1626348053000
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