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India's Controversial Sedition Law Explained In 5 Points -Sukirti Dwivedi

-NDTV.com

Centre has urged Supreme Court to not hear the matter till the government finishes its relook at sedition law

New Delhi: Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law.

A look at top 5 facts related to this law:

1. The penal code that came into force in 1862 did not have a section on sedition. It was added later in 1870. The section became cognizable - police can make an arrest for a cognizable offence without a warrant - only in 1973 when the Indira Gandhi government was in power.

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