Tyagi, the former chairperson of Shia Waqf Board who recently converted to Hinduism, was arrested by the Uttarakhand Police in January 2022 for his inflammatory speech at Haridwar in December last year.
He approached the Supreme Court after the Uttarakhand High Court rejected his bail plea in March this year.
When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, the top court sought to know what a ‘Dharam Sansad’ was.
Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra who was appearing for Tyagi, informed the Court that since he (Luthra) is a follower of the Arya Samaj, he could only guess from the videos of the event and as per the same, people wearing bhagwa (saffron) clothes were give speeches.
Such speeches were spoiling the atmosphere, the Court remarked.
Luthra responded by stating that people of the nation have to be sensitised.
But the bench said that such speakers have to be sensitised first so that they don’t spoil the atmosphere.
Luthra informed the Court that Tyagi had been in custody for almost 6 months now and he suffered from medical ailments.
Source: Barandbench
