Question

State one reason why do you think the sedition act of 1870 was arbitrary ? in what waus does the sedition act of 1870 contradict the rule of law

Answer 1

The sedition law of 1870 was said to be arbitrary because in the sense that a person is stripped from the freedom of speech and even the accused has no right of trial or to make people listen to him.

Under this law, anyone can be arrested without any legal proceeding that doesn’t promote equity and was discriminated against.

Answer 2

Sedition act of 1870 was an arbitrary because people were arrested for a variety of reasons that were seldom clarified beforehand as well as often people were kept in jail for a long time without a due trial.

It violated the basic structure of rule of law which states that everyone is equal before the law