AMRAIZ KHAN
A petition seeking annulment of the sedition law has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday.
Petitioner argued, “The colonial-era sedition laws are being exercised to serve political interests and exploit citizens.”
Petitioner prayed to the court, “Sedition laws are a legacy of the colonial history, where British masters while looting and plundering the subcontinent leveraging this law, jail those resisting enslavement”.
“Section 124-A (sedition), 153-A (promotion of enmity between groups), and 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) are contravening the fundamental human rights,” according to the plea.
“The Indian supreme court while restraining implementation of this law has termed it a product of the British colonial era and suspended all sedition trials under this law.”
“The citizens could not be subjected to oppression while suspending their fundamental human rights under the constitution,” the petitioner further argued. The petitioner has sought the court to declare the colonial-era sedition law extra-constitutional and declare it null and void.
