Former Bar Council president Ambiga Sreenevasan said judges should just rule ‘not guilty’ in future sedition cases as the courts do not have any more discretion under the newly fortified Sedition Act.

She said there are many areas in the newly amended Sedition Act and Prevention of Terrorism Act, which were recently passed in Parliament, where discretion of the courts has been completely removed.

This, the prominent activist said, was an “insult” to the judiciary.