Sedition Law: An overview of its history and future in India On May 11, 2022, the Supreme Court passed a historic order about the much-debated sedition law (Section 124 A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); effectively consigning this 150 years old law to a state of abeyance. It further ordered that all trials, proceedings, and appeals pertaining to this law should be kept in a state of suspension. Those already languishing in jails for being booked under section 124 A, may now approach appropriate courts to seek relief. The state, which had initially been defending this law, withdrew its objections and promised that the law would be reconsidered and a new revised version of the law shall be drafted. The court also instructed the central and state governments that till a reconsidered and revised version of the law is brought into being, they must refrain from lodging any new FIRs under the sedition law. The controversy around sedition law The controversy surrounding sedition la
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