The Centre on Saturday, 7 May, told the Supreme Court that the the judgement in Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar is a good precedent and that there is no need to revisit it, reported LiveLaw.
The Centre's statement comes after a Chief Justice of India (CJI)-led bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday, 5 May, asked the petitioners as well as the central government to give their written submissions on whether the petitions challenging constitutionality of the sedition law should be referred to a larger bench.
An apex court bench comprising of CJI NV Ramana and Justices Hima Kohli and Surya Kant is presently hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition (Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code).