Bombay HC stays Marathi Sedition circular
Q. Bombay HC has stayed the implementation of a Marathi circular on sedition issued in August 2015. Circular was challenged on which grounds:- Published on 26 Sep 15a. Circular is unconstitutional and violates fundamental rights of citizens
b. Circular’s ambiguity can be misused by state against fair criticism of politician or public personality and fair criticism of their policies
c. Circular does not mention key ingredients required for invocation of the provision of law against any person
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
A judgement issued by division Bombay HC bench headed by Justice W. M. Kanade has stayed the implementation of circular on edition issued in August 2015 in Marathi. The circular against sedition was issued on August 27, 2015 to halt misuse of Section 124 of the IPC dealing with sedition and laid down specific conditions for initiating action against a person through it. Bombay HC has asked the state government to not undertake circular implementation and asked state to reply to petitions challenging its constitutional validity. 2 petitions challenged the circular-one by well known cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and 3 others and another by advocate Narendra Sharma.
