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Why India has not done away with archiac and abusive sedition laws once imposed by Colonial British rule? It is not a political issue as all the major parties that have governed India since 1947 have not abolished it, neither any opposition party has called for an abolition.

Countries like UK which had brought in the Sedition Law and USA are done away with this law, then how is that India is still using this law to punish it's citizens as late as 2021.

Sedition was Created to Prevent the Criticism of the King Sedition was devised as a tool in 13th century Britain to suppress the freedom of the printing press and its ability to criticise the King. The Sedition Act, 1661 imposed punishment on anyone who wrote, printed or preached any words against the King. It evolved to mean slander and libel against the reputation or actions of government officials and judges. The goal was to protect the faith that the common person had in the government and to avoid a ‘breach of peace’ in society.

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    Just because something isn't an issue at the moment doesn't mean that laws about it should be removed. There are many examples around the world of old outdated laws staying on the books for no real reason. And as far as it being outdated there are people in the US who have recently been convicted of sedition. apnews.com/article/…
    – Joe W
    Commented Jan 31, 2023 at 21:27
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    Because these are convenient leftovers for countries whose governments don't mind little bit of authoritarianism "for a good cause". Singapore had something similar that quasi-derived from the UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_(Singapore) Ditto Malaysia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_1948 It takes a fair amount of guts and self-confidence for a government to ditch such self-serving laws or a very strong ability for public society to hold its government to account to get it repealed.
    – Italian Philosopher
    Commented Jan 31, 2023 at 22:54
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    It is a political issue in India. In the 2019 manifesto, one of India's oldest political party, the Indian National Congress, promised to remove / dilute sedition laws and defamation laws in its election manifesto. (And note that every country has its own version of "seditious" laws even if they don't call it that - why do you think the United States has rendition centres and foreign jails if not to jail and torture people it couldn't otherwise in the US itself?)
    – sfxedit
    Commented Feb 1, 2023 at 0:15
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    @sfxedit I think you're confusing two separate concepts there. Sedition is a regular (federal) crime that is charged, tried, and sentenced in the regular court system. As Joe W pointed out there are a number of rather prominent such trials at the moment. "Rendition" is for people we don't want to give charges, trials, or sentences, and indeed would prefer not to admit exist in the first place.
    – Cadence
    Commented Feb 1, 2023 at 1:15
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    And let's be careful when talking about sedition laws. If we're talking about having a law against overthrowing the government (ex Jan 6 @ Capitol) you can expect almost every country to have them. If you are talking about a sedition law like India's : making it a criminal offense to “bring, or attempt to bring, into hatred or contempt, or excite disaffection towards, the Government.” then that's quite a lot broader and a cause for concern.
    – Italian Philosopher
    Commented Feb 1, 2023 at 4:25

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