The Women Lawyers Forum of Delhi High Court on Thursday in a letter-petition to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) urged the court to prevent incidents of hate speech and take action against those who have perpetrated it.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for their alleged hate speeches during in 2020 during Delhi riots.
The court asked ASG to seek instructions from the Centre and inform it about the committee on the next date of the hearing to look into the cases of hate speech.
The remark from a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti came while hearing a petition related to protest rallies organised in the wake of Nuh violence.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti passed the direction while hearing an intervening application filed in the matter. The protest rallies are being organised by Vishva Hindu Parishad in wake of Nuh violence.
In light of the attacks by Khalistani extremists in Australia, the Australian High Commission Spokesperson said that the country does not tolerate hate speech or violence.
Filing its affidavit before the top court, the Mamata Banerjee government said that film can cause communal disharmony and a law and order situation, as has been gauged from various Intelligence inputs.
According to the statement, the suspension comes in light of some anti-social elements using social media extensively for the transmission of images, hate speech and hate video messages.
On pleas in Supreme Court against 'The Kerala Story', he said, "We have a 100 per cent trust on our courts, the court already gave a report that the film is a piece of art, it is not a hate speech. So, we think we will get justice. Truth triumphs in the end."