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Law panel to study Sec 124(A) to curb alleged abuse of sedition law

Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi
Mar 02, 2016 01:16 AM IST

The government on Tuesday said the Law Commission has conveyed that it has identified certain focus areas and formed subgroups to deliberate on allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law.

The government on Tuesday said the Law Commission has conveyed that it has identified certain focus areas and formed subgroups to deliberate on allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law.

There have been allegations of widespread abuse and arbitrary use of sedition law by police in the country.(Sushil Kumar/ HT Photo)
There have been allegations of widespread abuse and arbitrary use of sedition law by police in the country.(Sushil Kumar/ HT Photo)

Minister of state for home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha that the ministry of law and justice has requested the Law Commission of India to study the usage of the provisions of Section 124A (Sedition) of Indian Penal Code, 1860.

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“On December 11, 2014, the Law Commission has intimated that they have identified certain focus areas and formed subgroups to deliberate on such issues,” he said in reply to a written question.

The minister was replying to questions on whether the government has taken serious note of allegations of widespread abuse and arbitrary use of sedition law by police in the country and whether the government proposes to bring reforms in the entire sedition law drafted in the colonial era.

The government’s response came amidst the raging row over slapping of sedition law against president of Jawaharlal Nehru University students union Kanhaiya Kumar for allegedly raising anti-India slogans.

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