T🔥he Centre on Saturday defended sedition law saying the past judgemen🐼t by Supreme Court needs no relook.
The Centre has asked the Supreme Court♊ to dismiss the pleas challenging it, the NDTV reported.
The apex court is hearing a batch of pleas challengin🐎g the constitutio𝕴nal validity of the colonial-era law.
The Centre, the report mentioned, told the three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice NV Rama🦂na, that the verdict in the Kedarnath Singh vs State of Bihar upholding sedition law is bind🍌ing.
It also said th🌃at a three-judge bench💞 cannot examine the validity of the law.
"A constitutional bench has already examಞined all aspects of Section 124 A (sedition law) in context of fundamental rights like right to equality and r💃ight to life," the report quoted government as having said in the Supreme Court.
Earlier, the pleas challenging the sedition law were filed by five parties including the Editors Guild of India and Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra.
