Anti-national or anti-government, what is sedition?

Sedition law is back in controversy again with the Supreme Court reiterating that taking a stand against the government's policies is not sedition. So, is sedition an anti-national act or an anti-government agitation?

In a space of 10 days, courts have given two significant rulings cautioning that criticism of the government cannot not grounds for invoking the sedition law. On February 23, a Delhi court granted bail to activist Disha Ravi in a sedition case. On March 3, the Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah demanding he be charged with sedition. In Disha Ravi’s case, the Delhi court said, “The offence of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of the governments.” It also said the government could not put citizens “behind bars simply because they chose to disagree with the state policies”.