Abstract
The sixth chapter theorizes the patterns emerging in the working of the law of sedition in India by identifying specific themes along which the law has been used. It focuses on the quotidian life of the law in the hands of the state executives who have the power of law enforcement. It chronicles the various cases of sedition in contemporary times, its use against anti-nuclear movement, students’ organizations, communal politics, the dominant discourse of nation, and so on. Through these narratives, also emerges the idea of sedition in public imaginings and its identification with what is loosely termed as ‘anti-national’ or deshdroh. It also theorizes the relationship between the routine law of sedition and the exceptional or extraordinary counter terror laws. Through the patterns identified, this chapter identifies the Indian liberal democracy being characterized by a ‘moment of contradiction’ in relation to the offence of sedition.
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