The Allahabad High Court has overturned Mau MLA Abbas Ansari's conviction, son of gangster-turned politician, Mukhtar Ansari, in a 2022 hate speech case and restored his Assembly membership.
After Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA Abbas Ansari was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in connection with the hate speech case of 2022, Ansari's legal counsel, Advocate Daroga Singh, on Saturday, expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict and said that they will approach the higher
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA) court in Mau district on Saturday awarded two years' imprisonment to Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA and dead mafia don Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Ansari in connection with the hate speech case of 2022.
The Erattupetta Judicial First Class Magistrate Court has remanded BJP Leader PC George to police custody for 14 days. He has been taken to Kottayam medical college for check up. The magistrate made the order after considering the medical reports that suggested he has health issues.
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay granted by it earlier on the trial of a criminal case lodged against Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai for allegedly delivering a hate speech against Christians in October 2022.
Following the arrest of Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari in connection with an alleged hate speech case, his defence lawyers on Monday alleged that the Ghatkopar Police 'violated Supreme Court guidelines by bringing Azhari to court without conducting any medical examination.'
Gujarat Police had on Sunday evening sought Mufti Salman Azhari's remand, and a Mumbai Court granted his transit remand to them on Sunday evening, allowing the police to take him to Junagadh.
They wrote a letter to the CJI stating that the Supreme Court had directed the government and police authorities to take suo motu action in hate speech cases without waiting for the lodging of formal complaints.