Sedition Law: Govt may bring changes in upcoming Winter Session, Centre tells SC

Sedition charges: The Centre on Monday informed Supreme Court that it may bring changes in sedition law in upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. The Apex Court also granted additional time to the Centre on Monday to take “appropriate steps” with regard to the reviewing of the colonial-era provision. Also, an interim order putting on hold the contentious sedition law and the consequential registration of FIRs will continue, it said.