SC Fines Rs 50,000 To Petitioner; Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal Of Quran Verses

Justice RF Nariman-led Supreme Court bench has rejected a plea seeking removal of 26 verses of Quran. Reportedly, the petition filed by former UP Shia Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi sought to remove aforementioned citing it prompted terrorism. Moreover, his claims that such interpretations gradually erode the basic tenets of Islam received backlash from community. Terming the plea "absolutely frivolous" SC dismissed it with a cost of Rs 50,000.