New Delhi. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court has suspended the sedition law, which has been going on before independence. The top court of the court, after hearing the arguments of the central government and the petitioner, has suspended this law as well as put a stay on that no new case should be registered. After this, the next hearing of the case will be held in the third week of July. During this, the court said that the central government can give guidelines to the states and union territories. On one hand, where the central government is urging the Supreme Court not to stay the sedition case. On the other hand, the petitioner Kapil Sibal was knocking on the door of the court for the last several days to put a stay on this law. After all this, now the Supreme Court has stayed this law while listening to the plea of the petitioner.
Talking on this issue, the Chief Justice said that those who are facing sedition case and who are in jail can approach the court for bail. The Supreme Court has urged the Center and the states to refrain from registering any FIR under Section 124A of the IPC. The top court said that it is necessary to protect the rights of citizens.
Central government’s argument
Explain that the Central Government, while arguing for not staying the sedition case, said that this law has been upheld by the Constitutional Bench and urged that the cases which are going on at present should not be stayed. At present, the judges are talking among themselves on the plea of the Central Government. Earlier, the Supreme Court said that we are trying to find a solution to this.