Supreme Court Declines to Entertain PIL Seeking Guidelines to Curb Hate Speech

Supreme Court Declines to Entertain PIL Seeking Guidelines to Curb Hate Speech

Today, the Supreme Court refused declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that sought the issuance of guidelines to prevent hate speech and to take action against those responsible for such incidents.

During the hearing, the Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjiv Kumar observed that the Supreme Court is already handling various petitions related to hate speech and hate crimes. Consequently, it declined to consider an additional petition on the same matter.

"We are not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, which in fact refers to alleged utterances over a long period of time. Further, the offence of hate speech is specific and cannot be equated with wrong assertions or false claims. In case the petitioner has any specific grievance, it may raise the same in accordance with law, and we make no comments either way in this regard," the Court said, in its order.

The PIL petition, filed by the Hindu Sena Samiti, sought, among other things, directives for the Central government to take action against individuals delivering provocative public speeches, with an independent investigation into such incidents.
 
Filed by the Hindu Sena Samiti, the PIL petition requested, among other reliefs, that the Central government be directed to take action against individuals making provocative public speeches and to conduct an independent investigation into these incidents.

 

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