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Report on Sedition law
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- The 22nd Law Commission of India recently submitted its final report (“Usage of the Law of Sedition”) on the constitutionality of section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.
- The commission, while recommending that Section 124A of IPC, treats sedition as a criminal offence be retained.
- It called for safeguards and amending the law, which has been prone to misuse.
- To prevent misuse of Section 124A, it said the Centre may bring model guidelines to curb the same.
- The recommendations made in the report are persuasive and not binding.
- As for the penal provisions, the commission recommended a maximum life term, or seven years, or just a fine, depending on the case.
- Currently, the penal provision has a maximum punishment of life term, or three years, or fine.
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