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Section 144 had been imposed in several parts of Haryana, including Nuh, Gurugram, Faridabad, and other districts, after communal clashes broke out during a religious procession organised by the VHP & Bajrang Dal, after a mob of muslim youth pelted stones on them.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today mentioned a plea before CJI DY Chandrachud seeking action against calls made for boycott of Muslims following the violence in Nuh, Haryana.
When the Constitution Bench hearing the Article 370 case was breaking for lunch, Sibal mentioned the plea saying there were instances where individuals have been urged to label those who employ people from a specific community as 'gaddars' (traitors).
Filed by Shaheen Abdulla, the plea relies on a video that surfaced on social media wherein Samhast Hindu Samaj can be seen walking through a neighbourhood in Hisar, Haryana in the presence of Police officials issuing warnings to residents and shopkeepers that if they continue to employ/keep any Muslims, then their shops will be boycotted.
It has thus been prayed that the State and district administration should ensure that rallies with such hate speeches are not allowed as it affects communal harmony.
Last week, Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta (SG) had questioned the bona fides of the petitioner who had approached top court in a plea seeking a stay on VHP-Bajrang dal rallies across Delhi and Haryana, in order to ensure hate speech is not hollered.
While the rallies had been planned on August 2 and were to take place in 23 localities in Delhi including at the Delhi-Haryana border, Noida (from Sector 21A to Rajnigandha Chowk), Uttar Pradesh, Manesar, the petitioners' have sought larger prayers concerning law and order problems, allegedly triggered due to the processions.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SV Bhatti were hearing an interlocutory application filed in the main case concerning hate speech contours after various parts of Haryana saw violence earlier this week. On Wednesday, the bench had refused to stay the rallies and listed the application today.
After the bench told the parties appearing in the case that they must sit down together and sort the issues out, SG informed court that it had become a practice to come to court seeking contemplation and orders on futuristic possibilities of law and order issues.
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