Tag: common law of sedition
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The Draconian Law of Sedition
By Anjali Rawat, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National University (RMLNLU), Lucknow. Lord Macaulay while framing the rough draft for Indian Penal Code, 1860 added a provision to give effect to sedition but due to some unaccountable reasons when it was enforced in 1860 this particular provision was not included in the Code. In 1870 the British…