A bench of Justice Bhushan R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta termed the petition as frivolous, mentioning that such petitions did not only waste the precious time of the court but also the entire Supreme Court registry.
Congress leader Afzal Lakhani, who was arrested for posting anti-Indian and pro-Pakistani messages, besides derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Hiraben Modi, was granted bail by the Supreme Court recently. The Court has also intervened in other cases where bail was denied by the High Courts
The Muzaffarnagar slap-case made us finally aware that within the four walls of classroom, social abhorrence and religious bigotry is being played out and now, inevitably, it has become a political football as well