New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the petition seeking an independent inquiry into the matter on Wednesday Haridwar ‘Dharma Sansad’ hate speech case And another similar event took place in Delhi.
The petition will be heard by a bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli.
The petition, filed by journalist Kurban Ali and former Patna High Court judge and senior advocate Anjana Prakash, sought a direction to the apex court for an “independent, credible and impartial investigation” into incidents of hate speeches against Muslims by an SIT. Is. Community.
On December 17, a ‘Dharma Sansad’ event in Haridwar saw a series of hate speeches targeting Muslims and calling for violence and murder, sparking outrage across the country.
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On December 21, provocative speeches were also given in a program organized by ‘Hindu Yuva Vahini’ in Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Monday took cognizance of senior advocate Kapil Sibal’s submission that no action has been taken against those making inflammatory speeches despite an FIR being lodged by the Uttarakhand Police.
“I have filed this PIL in relation to the incident at the Dharma Sansad in Haridwar on 17th and 19th December (last year). We are living in such difficult times, where the slogan in the country changes from ‘Satyamev Jayate’ to ‘Shastramev Jayate’. changed.” Sibal had said.
Kapil Sibal had said that no action would be possible without the intervention of this court.
The petition also sought compliance of the Supreme Court’s guidelines to deal with such speeches.
The Uttarakhand Police filed the FIR on December 23 under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code against some persons, including Sant Dharamdas Maharaj, Sadhvi Annapoorna alias Pooja Shakun Pandey, Yati Narsinghanand and Sagar Sindhu Maharaj.
A similar complaint was filed with the Delhi Police for the event in the national capital.
A separate petition was also filed in the Supreme Court to ban anti-Muslim speeches and programs like ‘Dharma Sansad’ by Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
“In the recent past, there has been a sudden intensification of inflammatory speeches and statements against Muslims in the country,” the petition said.
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