hate speech

In a cour hearing, the Supreme Court, asked the states and UTs to register a suo-moto case against hate speech, irrespective of religion. On April 28, the Top Court extended its application of October 22, in which the court directed Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Uttarakhand Police to file suo-moto case against hate speeches. The orders has been extended to other states and UTs as well, confirmed sources.

Twitter after the take over is making headlines constantly, for all the wrong reasons, including several lawsuits and cases. In one such matter, the German Court fined the micro-blogging site for all the hate speech cases. Notably, in a German court, there are over 600 hate speech cases, which are fined.  interestingly, the fine of 50 Million Euros per case is said to be over the net worth of Twitter. 

Supreme Court directed the Centre on July 21 to provide it with information on the preventative, corrective, and remedial actions taken by state governments thus far in accordance with its previous hate speech judgments within six weeks. A bench of Justices directed the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs to collect the material into a pamphlet. SC was considering appeals against claimed hate speech directed at a certain population.

Former MLA PC George who was arrested over alleged hate speech and sent to judicial remand on May 26, has been granted bail by Kerala High Court, on May 27. Reportedly, the bail was granted considering his health issues and his status as former MLA. The bail however, has been granted on strict conditions, and George has been directed to fully adhere to the probe.

After Uttarakhand government allowed Dharm Sansad event despite prior notice, the Supreme Court expressed its dissatisfaction on the matter, on April 26. Also, at the event which is to be held in Roorkee, the apex court also asked the chief secretary to ensure that "no hate speeches are made". The Supreme Court also asked a top official to file and affidavit, explaining the preventing measures taken.