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'Dharma Sansad' hate speech case: Army veterans move SC seeking SIT probe
Updated On: 16 January, 2022 09:30 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The plea contended that hate speeches of such a blatantly unconstitutional and vile character have perhaps not been made so openly since pre-Independence India
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Three Army veterans have moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to constitute a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the alleged hate speeches made at Haridwar and Delhi last month. The petitioners -- Major General S.G. Vombatkere, Colonel P.K. Nair and Major Priyadarshi Chowdhury -- cited the videos circulated on social media where blatant calls for genocide against minority communities were been made.
The plea contended that one of the speeches specifically calls upon the police and the army to pick up arms against the minorities. Citing the Delhi event, the plea said that in the video of the event, a gentleman can be seen administering an oath to a group of people to "die for and kill" to make India a "Hindu Rashtra". "The seditious and divisive speeches violate not only the criminal law of the land, but also strike at the core of Article 19 of the Constitution of India. These speeches stained the secular fabric of the nation and also have serious potential to impact public order adversely," read the plea.
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