Supreme Court. (File Photo) Supreme Court. Sedition is a cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable offence under the law, entailing life imprisonment as maximum punishment, with or without a fine. The Privy Council underscored the law laid down in Tilak’s case to hold that incitement to violence was not a necessary precondition for constituting the crime of sedition. And what did the Supreme Court rule in the case?

Source: Indian Express September 05, 2016 19:52 UTC