Police arrested more than 3,000 people under the section in 2015, triggering concerns that the law was abused well after it was struck down by the Supreme Court in March last year. “I am shocked,” said Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nundy, who represented the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, among the petitioners in Supreme Court seeking removal of Section 66A. “Making sure that our guardians of law know their law is absolutely basic... Lawyer Manali Singhal said once the Supreme Court struck off a provision of law, “any arrest under that provision would be per se illegal and void”. Read | Supreme Court disposes of PIL over ‘misuse’ of sedition law

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2016 19:36 UTC