WHAT THE APEX COURT SAID

ON RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

“We cannot ask everyone to go to the courts and be in jail for a few months till some court gives bail. When the government is itself showing concerns about misuse of the law, violations of liberty and human rights, how are you going to protect people? We have to balance the rights of the people who are jailed and those who are going to be booked.”

ON KEEPING SEC124A IN ABEYANCE

“Till this exercise gets over, your ministry should issue advisories to all the states and Union territories that all the proceedings under Section 124A should be kept in abeyance.”

ON PENDING CASES

“There are some concerns. There are cases which are pending and then there will be cases which will be lodged while you reconsider the law. How are you going to protect these things?”