SC issues notice on plea challenging validity of BNS Section 152
A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria also tagged it with a pending matter challenging the provision.
The High Court had given them bail in November-December 2023. In an order dated April 15, 2025, the SC cancelled their bail, and asked them to surrender.
The Supreme Court Friday issued a notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The petition contends that the provision “reintroduces the colonial sedition law”.
A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria also tagged it with a pending matter challenging the provision.
Section 152 of BNS states that “whoever, purposely or knowingly, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or by electronic communication or by use of financial mean, or otherwise, excites or attempts to excite, secession or armed rebellion or subversive activities, or encourages feelings of separatist activities or endangers sovereignty or unity and integrity of India; or indulges in or commits any such act shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.”
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