A Blot on Our Democracy
Jul 24, 2021
3 minutes
Illustration by SIDDHANT JUMDE
It is very unusual for three benches of the Supreme Court to express their views almost simultaneously on the sedition law—Sec. 124A of the Indian Penal Code. For decades, farmers, artists, activists, trade unionists, journalists and others have been arrested for speaking out boldly against government. Peaceful anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protesters were arrested in hundreds. Tribals in the Pathalgadi movement in Jharkhand had thousands of FIRs registered against
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