Vineet Saran

The top court has come out recently with a comment stating that all laws relating to sedition need to be reviewed. This order makes it clear that it was the need of the hour for governments to learn to live with constructive criticism.

In the present case, the petitioner was suspected to be a foreigner post march 25, 1971 and the onus was upon her to prove that she is an Indian citizen and not a foreigner.