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MURL welcomes the comment of Hon'ble Chief Justice of Supreme Court on sedition law


The Movement against UAPA and other Repressive laws (MURL) heartily welcomes the remark of Hon'ble Chief Justice of Supreme Court on sedition law. Chief Justice of India N.Y. Ramana's remarks in open court on Thursday sends a strong message to the government that the Supreme Court is prima facie convinced that sedition is being misused by the authorities to trample upon the fundamental rights of citizens to free speech and liberty.

The Chief Justice has sent a clear signal that Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code may have passed ~s time. The CJI has made ~ clear that the court is sensitive to the public demand to judicially review the manner in which law enforcement authorities are using the sedition law to control free speech and send jounalists. activists and dissenters to jail. and keep them there.

A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.Y. Ramana on Wednesday listed the case for hearing on July 15 and asked Major-General S.G. Vombatkere (retd.), represented by advocates P.B. Suresh and S. Prasanna. to serve a copy of his petition to Attorney General KK. Venugopal. 

The advocate of petitioner Me. Kumar had referred to the sedition cases registered against 'climate activist' Disha Ravi. filmmaker Aisha Sultana and Journalist Vinod Dua and Siddique Kappan.

The time has gone wilen mere criticism of governments was enough to constitute sedition. The judgment said that the right to honest and appropriate criticism is a source of strength rather than a weakness of a community. 

Giving importance to this decision of the Supreme Court. secular political parties should raise their voice to repeal the Sedition Act and pressurise the BJP and rts allies to repeal it. 

MURL calls upon pordical and human rights defending organisations and social organisations to be a part of this campaign against the unconstitutional laws.

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