New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the book Muhammad, It also refused to order the arrest of Jitendra Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi, the author of the book, and Yeti Narasimhanand, the controversial head priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple. Hate speech,
book written in hindi on prophet muhammad was Allegedly Published in November last year.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by a Shia religious organization Indian Muslim Shia Isna Ashari Jamaat. The plea asked the court to order “preventive arrest” of Tyagi and Narasimhanand and restrain them from making “inflammatory and hurtful remarks against the religion of Islam”. Tyagi, the former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, was converted to Hinduism by Narasimhanand last year.
petitionwhich was filed in February 2022, described Both were seen as a “threat to the security and integrity, social harmony and public peace and law and order situation”.
The court indicated that allowing the petition would amount to admitting the charges before the hearing of the case.
“You are asking us to order a criminal investigation under Article 32, which we cannot do,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit told the petitioners on Friday. “If we allow it, what will happen during testing? You can take advantage of the appropriate remedy, not here.”
Article 32 Provides the right to approach the Supreme Court for enforcement of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
The petitioner then agreed to drop the demand and asked the court to consider other prayers in the petition, but the court rejected the petition outright.,
Both solitaire And narasimhanand He has been accused of speaking hate speech in the past and was arrested in January last year for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at the ‘Dharma Sansad’ held in Haridwar – a gathering of Hindu ascetics allegedly attended by minorities. Several instances of hate speech were seen against
In May, Tyagi was granted bail on medical grounds for three months. on August 29, Supreme Court refused Asked to extend his bail and surrender by 2nd September. The court had then said that his regular bail application would be heard on September 9.
solitaire surrendered In front of Haridwar court on Friday.
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Delhi HC had dismissed one such petition
A similar petition was filed before the Delhi High Court last year seeking that Tyagi “be restrained from making statements against the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) of Islam, its followers and/or publishing such remarks which is sexual, discriminatory, derogatory and hurtful, against its doctrine and/or the Holy Qur’an”.
The suit, filed by a person named Qamar Hasnain, has also sought a ban on the sale, publication and circulation of the book. As per the order of the Delhi High Court, the petitioner in the case claimed that the contents of the book are “injurious to communal peace and harmony, and use of derogatory and derogatory language against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).”
high Court denied In December last year, the petition said that “in the absence of disclosure of any infringement of any legal right, the plaintiff’s prayer seeks an injunction and damages by reason of being hurt or aggrieved by the contents of a book – which allegedly is injurious to his religious feelings – will not give him any right to approach this court through the present trial”.
The court, however, clarified that it had not examined the contents of the book, and therefore Hasnain “had the right to exercise all his rights and remedies under the law”.
(Edited by Uttara Ramaswamy)
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