{"id":59032,"date":"2020-03-09T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59032"},"modified":"2020-03-09T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:04:25","slug":"supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-plea-seeking-proper-mechanism-to-deal-with-alleged-misuse-of-sedition-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-plea-seeking-proper-mechanism-to-deal-with-alleged-misuse-of-sedition-law","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court refuses to hear plea seeking proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of sedition law."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-centres-response-on-plea-alleging-arrests-under-scrapped-sec-66-a-of-it-act\/sc-46\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?fit=326%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"326,155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?fit=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?fit=326%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=326%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=150%2C71&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sc-1.jpg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a>On Friday, Supreme Court\u00a0refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of a proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of the sedition law by the government machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme\u00a0 Court Bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar dismissed the petition which was filed by a social activist.<\/p>\n<p>Bench stated that it was open for the petitioner to approach the appropriate authority.<\/p>\n<p>SC Bench told advocate Utsav Singh Bains, appearing for the petitioner, that he could not seek quashing of an FIR in a sedition case filed against the management of a Karnataka school for allegedly allowing students to stage an anti-CAA and anti-NRC drama.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate submitted before the Bench that he was not pressing for a prayer of FIR quashing and that the petitioner has sought a direction for framing of a proper mechanism to deal with the alleged misuse of the sedition law.<\/p>\n<p>While refusing to hear the plea, Bench stated that,&#8221;Let the affected party come and we will hear them. Why it should be done at your instance&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Supreme Court\u00a0refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of a proper mechanism to deal with alleged misuse of the sedition law by the government machinery. Supreme\u00a0 Court Bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar dismissed the petition which was filed by a social activist. 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