New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 8) refused early hearing of plea highlighting alleged increase in the cases of mob lynching and mob violence in the country.
The counsel representing the petitioner National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Justice BR Gavai said for early hearing.
What did the counsel submit?
The counsel told the bench that the plea was listed before the court on Tuesday and could not be taken up for hearing due to paucity of time and the hearing into the matter is now showing February. The counsel urged the bench for early hearing into the matter.
What did the apex court say?
The bench told the petitioner’s counsel that the court is seized of several matter in the month of January and this plea would be hear in February and the matter will be high on the board in February.
“In January, we have lots of matters. It will be high on board in February,” the bench said.
The top court is seized of batch of pleas on the issue of hate speeches, mob lynching and mob violence.
What did the apex court direct earlier on hate speeches?
The Supreme Court earlier, while hearing batch of pleas on the issue of hate speeches, termed the hate speeches as a serious offence, saying it of having the capability to destroy country’s social fabric. The top court had directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) in the country to ensure that suo motu action is taken to register hate speech cases even in the absence of a complaint and without taking into consideration the religion of the offenders.
The apex court earlier, while hearing a batch of pleas, had said that it wants authorities to take effective practical steps to ensure that its directions given in the 2018 verdict in the Tehseen Poonawalla case dealing with hate speeches, lynching and mob violence are followed.
