The bench mentioned that a 5-judge bench in the Kedar Nath decision of 1962 had retained the section after reading it down so this had to considered before taking a call.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned its hearing to July 27 in a plea challenging the Constitutionality sedition law in India as the court earlier in April had issued notice on the plea for reconsidering 1962 Kedar Nath ruling on 124A.