New Delhi: 76 Supreme Court lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, seeking suo motu cognizance of the apex court’s call for “ethnic cleansing” at two recent religious events in Delhi and Haridwar.
According to a report in NDTV, the lawyers mentioned the list of people who made the call. He wrote that in the absence of police action, “immediate judicial intervention is needed to prevent such incidents which have become the order of the day”.
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The letter from Supreme Court advocates points to religious conventions in Haridwar and Delhi.
It has been signed by eminent lawyers like Dushyant Dave, Prashant Bhushan, Vrinda Grover, Salman Khurshid and former Patna High Court judge Anjana Prakash.
The letter quoted by NDTV said, “The above incidents and the speeches made during them are not mere hate speech, but an open call for the killing of an entire community.”
It said the speeches “not only pose a grave threat to the unity and integrity of our country but also endanger the lives of millions of Muslim citizens”.
“It may be noted that no effective steps have been taken under the provisions of 153, 153A, 153B, 295A, 504, 506, 120B, 34 of the IPC in respect of earlier hate speeches. Thus, urgent judicial intervention is required to prevent such incidents, which seem to have become the order of the day,” read the letter sent to Chief Justice Ramana, reported NDTV.
It was also mentioned that several petitions have been filed on this and are pending in the court.
The advocates expressed hope for “expeditious action in your capacity as head of the judicial wing of the state and knowing your sovereign’s commitment to the independence of the judiciary as well as to fundamental constitutional values for the functioning of a multicultural nation.” . Our”.
No arrest in connection with Dharma Sansad: Police
The letter comes after police on Friday informed that no arrests have been made so far in connection with alleged hate speeches made at a “Dharma Sansad” held in Haridwar, Uttarakhand recently.
An FIR was registered against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi, and others based on a complaint lodged by Haridwar Kotwali Station House Officer (SHO) Rakinder Singh, a resident of Jwalapur. Was informed in this regard as he said that investigation was going on in one case.
He said Tyagi changed his name to Wasim Rizvi earlier this month after converting to Hinduism.
“We have also received some footage of the incident from the complainant, which is being probed,” the SHO was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
When asked whether there was a possibility of arrests being made, he said that could happen only after the investigation is completed.
An FIR has been registered under IPC section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, caste, place of birth, residence, language etc. and doing prejudicial acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony) of the Superintendent of Police (City) Is. ), Haridwar Swatantra Kumar had given information.
Last week, the three-day event organized at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar was allegedly given extremely provocative speeches by the participants.
At the event, several speakers reportedly made provocative and provocative speeches where they allegedly called for the killing of members of minority communities, asking people to take up arms and shoot a former prime minister of the country.
The “Dharma Sansad” was organized by Juna Akhara’s Yeti Narasimhanand Giri, who is already under police scrutiny for giving hate speeches and inciting violence against minorities, PTI reported.
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