Roshni K B, LLM, School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore
ABSTRACT
After Independence, free India inherited many of its predecessors' laws including the law of sedition, which has evolved judicially through time. Sedition is described as activities that urge people to rebel against the administration in power or incites people against the government , thus jeopardising the state's public peace and harmony. The law of sedition continues to place the government as a colonial master which was introduced by the British. However, The law has been revised and construed to include protections that will allow it to withstand constitutional scrutiny. In a democratic country like India wherein Fundamental Rights such as Freedom of Speech and Expression vested with all citizens is given utmost importance as enshrined in the Constitution of India, the Sedition law is viewed to be threat to democracy. As Rule of Law is regarded as supreme in India, charging a person for sedition is regarded as against
This paper examines how the concept of sedition has transformed through time, with the goal of determining whether the law of sedition obstructs free speech.
