'Blatant hate speeches': Supreme Court directs Centre to tackle 'problem' in the wake of Nuh communal riots

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Chetan Singh shot three Muslim passengers after shooting his Hindu senior, in what has been stated as hate crime. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea over alleged “blatant hate speeches" calling for killing members of a particular community and their social and economic boycott at rallies in different states, including Haryana. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, to seek instructions and inform it about the proposed committee by 18 August.

Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday mooted a committee constituted by the Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana to go into the cases registered in Haryana after the communal riots in Nuh. "There has to be some harmony and comity between the communities and all the communities are responsible. I do not know if this has been exaggerated but the problem of hate speech is not good and nobody can accept it.

The top court also directed journalist Shaheen Abdullah, who is the petitioner in the case, to collate all material, including videos, and submit to the nodal officers appointed in each state in pursuance of its October 21, 2022 judgement. During the hearing, Nataraj submitted the Union of India is also against hate speeches which must be checked totally. He acknowledged the mechanism to tackle hate speeches is not working in some places.