High Court Sunday accepted the case filed by three prominent attorneys seeking the annulment of several clauses in the highly contentious defamation law.
The law passed by the parliament despite widespread criticism, criminalises speech deemed to be defamatory, to comment against “any tenet of Islam”, to “threaten national security” or to “contradict general social norms”.
Those committing an offence under the bill can face fines and failure to pay the fine will result in jail sentence of three to six months.
The attorneys are seeking to annul the clauses which they have argued contradicts several constitutional rights.
The case has also asked the court to delay the enforcement of the law until the court reaches a verdict.
