Stop hate speech, violence at Nuh protests, says SC
NEW DELHI : There should be no hate speech or violence at a series of protests planned by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) to protest against the sectarian violence over the past few days in Haryana’s Nuh district, the Supreme Court told the Centre, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi on Wednesday. It was responding to an urgent application fby one Shaheen Adbullah in a pending matter, also filed by him, to curb instances of hate speech across the country.
A request was made to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for an urgent listing of the case on the grounds that these protest meetings were meant to incite hatred and strife between religious communities. “We hope and trust that the state authorities, including police agencies will ensure there is no hate speech against any community, no damage is caused to any property, and wherever required adequate police or paramilitary forces are deployed," said a hurriedly constituted bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N.
Bhatti, which took up the application for hearing at 2 pm. The bench issued notice on the application and asked additional solicitor general (ASG) S.V.
Raju, appearing for the Centre, to communicate the order to the governments of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. “Whatever rule of law is, it has to be maintained.
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