On July 03, 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs through a written
statement informed the Rajya Sabha that the present Government has
no plans on amending the laws on sedition in the country so as to
ensure that the Government has effective means to combat
anti-national, secessionist and terrorist elements. In an election,
where national security was a huge factor for the political
parties, a stance that was taken by certain political parties was
that they would like to amend the present sedition laws in our
country1, whereas, the ruling party's stand was that
they would like to toughen the existing sedition
laws.2
What is Sedition?
Sedition has broadly been understood by many as an offence
against public tranquility and being connected in some way or the
other with public disorder3. Sedition, as per the law is
defined as any words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by
visible representation, that could bring or attempt to bring either
hatred, or contempt,
