New Delhi, March 2: The Supreme court on Monday decided to hear on March 4 a plea seeking registration of FIRs against politicians for hate speeches which allegedly led to violence in the national capital.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde agreed to hear the plea filed by riots victims.
Activist Harsh Mander had moved the Supreme Court against Delhi High Court’s February 27 order adjourning till April the hearing on his plea seeking action against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speech.
Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves mentioned Mandar’s petition before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.
“Around 10 people were being killed every day and even last night 6-7 people died,” he told the Bench.
“Urgency is that 5 or 6 personalities are going around encouraging it,” he said.
“We will hear it… but you have to understand. Courts come on to the scene after the incident has happened. We wish peace. But we have limitations. We read media reports, it is as if we are responsible.”
The Bench agreed to take it up on Wednesday.
“We will hear it. But you must understand we are not equipped to prevent such things from happening….Court can never prevent such things”, CJI said.
“We are not saying people should die. That kind of pressure we are not equipped to handle. We can not stop things from happening… We cannot give preventive reliefs. We feel a kind of pressure on us. We cannot handle that. It’s as if the court is responsible,” the CJI commented.— with PTI
