The 22nd Law Commission of India headed by former Chief Justice of Karnataka high court Ritu Raj Awasthi has argued against repealing the controversial sedition law, instead saying it should be retained with certain changes.
https://thewire.in/law/law-commission-says-sedition-law-should-stay-recommends-increased-punishment
The Commission has recommended that the scheme of punishment under the law should be increased. At the moment, the punished prescribed is imprisonment up to three years or a fine. The report now says this should be increased to life imprisonment or imprisonment up to seven years or a fine, LiveLaw reported.
The Commission has also suggested changes to the phrasing of the Section, from what it is now:
Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Government established by law in lndia, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.
to:
“Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Government established by law in lndia, with a tendency to incite violence or cause public disorder shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.”
2/06/2023