Plea Against Hate Speeches At Haridwar Dharm Sansad: LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court
#SupremeCourt Court to hear today a PIL seeking action against anti-Muslim hate speeches made at Haridwar Dharm Sansad. A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli will take up the matter shortly. Case listed as item 25.Senior Adv Anjana Prakash (former judge of Patna High Court) and journalist Qurban Ali are the petitioners in the PIL against...
#SupremeCourt Court to hear today a PIL seeking action against anti-Muslim hate speeches made at Haridwar Dharm Sansad. A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli will take up the matter shortly. Case listed as item 25.
Senior Adv Anjana Prakash (former judge of Patna High Court) and journalist Qurban Ali are the petitioners in the PIL against #HaridwarHateSpeech. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal had mentioned the matter on Monday before the CJI for urgent listing, saying Uttarakhand Police have not yet arrested anyone in the case.
The petitioners had approached the Apex Court seeking its urgent intervention in the matter pertaining to the hate speeches delivered between 17th and 19th December, 2021 in separate two events - one organised in Haridwar by one Yati Narsinghanand and the other in Delhi by 'Hindu Yuva Vahini'.
The petition seeks 'independent, credible and impartial investigation' into the incidents of hate speeches against the Muslim community by a SIT. It has been further prayed for the Apex Court to issue directions to the police authorities to comply with the guidelines laid down by it in Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India (2018) 9 SCC 501 and to consequently define the contours of 'duty of care in investigation' to be undertaken by the police authorities.
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Jaising: that was in context of cattle lynching, in this There’s an open call against a particular community, its not been addressed by any court
CJI: there are enough provisions in laws, there’s no difficulty about laws, there’s also judgement as said by Indira Jaising
Sibal: There’s no law for this sort of hate speech. That was mob lynching
Adv Raj: Matter before J Chandrachud is regarding hate speech particularly of Sudarshan TV Channel
Sibal: If quick steps are not taken these Dharm Sansad will take place at other places. No arrests have been made It’s contrary to what this country stands for. It’s incitement of violence.
CJI: it appears some other bench is hearing this matter
Sibal: no
CJI: Justice Khanwilkar’s bench is hearing
Sibal: this is first time we’ve filed it.
CJI: If some other Bench is listening I don’t want to
Jaising: That order regarding appointment of nodal officers isn’t being followed
Bench: let us issue notice now
Sibal: Events are over taking us, they are announcing other Dharm Sansad, next one is in Aligarh, please give an early date.
Sibal: let it be tagged be other matters also
Bench: How many matters, there’s this one matter
Sr Adv Indira Jaising: There’s an intervention application by Tushar Gandhi, great Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, it was on his petition that court had passed orders regarding mob lynching.
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: I’d request court masters to hand over the Bench one page, it’s a script of what was said, i don’t want to sensationalise it, I don’t want to read it
CJI: we can’t do anything at this stage, let the state take notice