Supreme Court agrees to hear plea challenging sedition law

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging the sedition law. The plea was filed by two journalists who are facing sedition charges for comments made by them on social media.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging the legal validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with the offence of sedition. The sedition law has been challenged by two journalists -- Kishorechandra Wangkhemcha from Manipur and Kanhaiya Lal Shukla from Chhattisgarh -- on the grounds that the law violates the fundamental right of speech and expression. Both journalists are facing sedition charges in their respective states for comments made by them on the social media.