A fresh debate has broken out in India over whether a colonial-era sedition law is being misused and needs to be scrapped amid a police move to file sedition charges against university students and political activists.
The Delhi police are seeking to file sedition charges against 10 students and former student activists for allegedly taking part in a procession and supporting seditious slogans in February last year.
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