Overview

• A two-judge bench issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government on Safdar Nagori’s Special Leave Petition seeking clarity on his pending high court appeal.
• Nagori’s 2017 sedition appeal has completed final arguments in the Madhya Pradesh High Court but remains in abeyance under the Supreme Court’s May 2022 interim stay on Section 124A of the IPC.
• The May 2022 order halted all sedition investigations, trials and appeals nationwide while a larger bench reconsiders the colonial-era provision’s constitutionality.
• Nagori, who has been detained for over 17 years, argues that adjudication of the Section 124A conviction is essential to his chance of release and fair appeal review.
• The Supreme Court will revisit whether its stay on sedition proceedings bars the high court from pronouncing judgment when it reconvenes in the second week of July.