{"id":27718,"date":"2018-10-23T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27718"},"modified":"2018-10-23T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:18:54","slug":"law-commission-calls-for-re-think-on-sedition-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/law-commission-calls-for-re-think-on-sedition-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Commission calls for re-think on sedition clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/law-commission-backs-dissent-in-a-democracy\/article24822850.ece\">Law Commission calls for re-think on sedition clause<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News<\/u>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Law commission either to repeal or redefine section 124A of Indian Penal Code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. Commission is center\u2019s top most advisory body on Laws headed by Former Supreme Court Judge.<\/p>\n<p>3. It has said criticism and Dissent of government are essential ingredients of healthy debate.<\/p>\n<p>4. Supreme Court says dissent is the safety valve of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>5. Commission has recommended to repeal section 124A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) or either redefine it.<\/p>\n<p>6. Charges against sedition are imprisonment of 3 years to life term.<\/p>\n<p>7. Important argument of commission against section 124A involved<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is against the fundamental right of speech and expression.<\/li>\n<li>It was introduced by British to suppress Indians.<\/li>\n<li>British themselves have abolished the law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. Commission also said frustration over the state cannot be considered as an act of sedition.<\/p>\n<p>9. Person should not be charged for merely expressing thoughts against government and government should be open to valid criticism.<\/p>\n<p>10. Right to criticise one\u2019s own history and the right to offend are rights protected under free speech<\/p>\n<p>11. National security is important but it should not be used to curb the freedom of speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law Commission calls for re-think on sedition clause News: Law commission either to repeal or redefine section 124A of Indian Penal Code. Important Facts: 2. Commission is center\u2019s top most advisory body on Laws headed by Former Supreme Court Judge. 3. It has said criticism and Dissent of government are essential ingredients of healthy debate.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/law-commission-calls-for-re-think-on-sedition-clause\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Law Commission calls for re-think on sedition clause<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704950639},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}