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Referring to the Supreme Court's previous order on suo moto action in hate speech incidents, the petitioner told the bench today that a follow up was important and crucial in such cases.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking to prohibit an alleged hate speech event which is to be organised by Hindu Jan Aakrosh Sabha on February 5 in Mumbai.
Court was informed that a rally was conducted by the said Aakrosh Sabha on January 28 which called for the social and economic boycott of Muslims.
A Bench of Justices KM Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy and Aniruddha Bose agreed to hear the case tomorrow, given the CJI orders, and asked the petitioners to serve a copy on the state of Maharashtra.
The petitioners also pressed for action in terms of the Supreme Court's order passed in October last year whereby the Supreme Court had directed the Police authorities in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and UT of Delhi NCR to take suo moto action against those indulging in hate speeches as provided under the Indian Penal Code.
To this submission, Justice Roy questioned the petitioners whether for every rally, the Supreme Court may be approached for action.
"Just imagine, for every rally, there will be an application before the Supreme Court. How can that be feasible at all?” Justice Roy asked.
In the said order which was passed last year, the state authorities had also been asked to issue directions to their subordinates for taking action without looking at the religion of the accused.
Court had also called for a response from the three states on the action taken in the specific instances highlighted by the petitioners before it.
Notably, a division bench of the Supreme Court had given these directions whilst issuing notice in a plea that sought urgent intervention by the Court to stop the growing menace of targeting and terrorizing the Muslim community in India.
Case Title: Shaheen Abdulla vs. Union of India and Ors.
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