The Supreme Court has agreed for hearing a plea seeking to prohibit a hate speech event which is scheduled to be held on February 5 in Mumbai.
A bench of Justice K M Joseph, Justice Aniruddha Bose, and Justice Hrishikesh Roy have told that they would take instructions from Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud in the pertaining matter and after his due approval will give instruction to post the matter for hearing on Friday.
The Bench said that although they are are with cause in plea, but at the same time it needs to be understood that the Supreme Court cannot be triggered every time where there is a rally notified.
The Bench added that they have already passed an order which is clear enough. Bench said that India is a big country, if rallies happen everyday, will there be an application put before the Apex Court to be heard everytime?
The bench said that petitioners embarrass them again and again by getting an order.They added that even after passing so many orders no action is taken.
The bench observed that Supreme Court should not be asked to pass an order on an event to event basis.
The Bench said this ,after a lawyer presented the matter, stating that it needs an urgent hearing against the alleged hate speech rally in Mumbai which is going to be organized by the Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha.
The lawyer said that rally of a similar fashion was organized a few days ago which marked participation of 10,000 people and gave a call to boycott Muslim communities economically and socially.
On continuous persistence of the lawyer, the court asked her to serve a copy of the application to the counsel for Maharashtra.
The Bench instructed the lawyer to serve a copy on the State, and said they would list it next day subject to orders of the CJI.
The bench also clarified that this was only for this case, not the entire batch.
On October 21 last year, the Top Court believing that the Constitution of India envisages a secular nation ,directed the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand governments for coming down hard on hate speeches, promptly registering criminal cases against the culprits without waiting for a complaint to be filed.
The Court also gave a word of caution and said that any delay on the part of the administration in taking action on this very serious issue would invite the court’s contempt.