The Court was dealing with nearly half a dozen petitions alleging that these respondents delivered hate speeches during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act that instigated the riots of February 2020 in the national capital.
The petitions have demanded that FIRs should be registered against them for their alleged hate speeches and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) should be constituted to conduct an inquiry into the role of the Delhi Police in dealing with the riots, where over 50 people died.
While the ones filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and others seek inquiry into the role of the Delhi Police as well as ‘right-wing’ leaders including Thakur and Mishra, the petition filed by Lawyer’s Voice alleged that it was speeches of the Gandhis, Kejriwal and others that instigated the riots.
The petitions are being heard after the Supreme Court in December asked the Delhi High Court to deal with these matters as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months.
Source: Barandbench
