'Why keep colonial law which was used to silence Gandhi, Tilak?': SC on sedition law

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said: "It is a colonial law used by the British to silence Mahatma Gandhi, (Bal Gangadhar) Tilak. Still, it is necessary after 75 years of independence?"

"I am indicating what I am thinking," the Chief Justice told Attorney General K.K. Venugopal